pohos

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as páhog, puha, puhatol + -os (adjective-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

pohos (comparative pohosabb, superlative legpohosabb)

  1. (derogatory) paunchy, potbellied (having a prominent stomach)
    Synonyms: pocakos, potrohos
    • 1924, Géza Gárdonyi, Ida regénye, Budapest: Scolar Kiadó, published 2021, →ISBN, page 9:
      Egy pohos úr a Kávékirályban göcögve nevetett: / – Ördög ezekbe az újságírókba – mondta lebocsátva az újságot –, de nagy gazemberek! [] A pohos akkor nyújtja az újságot a szomszédjának, s mutat a hátulsó lapon egy pontra.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pohos pohosak
accusative pohosat pohosakat
dative pohosnak pohosaknak
instrumental pohossal pohosakkal
causal-final pohosért pohosakért
translative pohossá pohosakká
terminative pohosig pohosakig
essive-formal pohosként pohosakként
essive-modal
inessive pohosban pohosakban
superessive pohoson pohosakon
adessive pohosnál pohosaknál
illative pohosba pohosakba
sublative pohosra pohosakra
allative pohoshoz pohosakhoz
elative pohosból pohosakból
delative pohosról pohosakról
ablative pohostól pohosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pohosé pohosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pohoséi pohosakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pohos in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • pohos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN