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Hungarian
Etymology
From the obsolete reg (“morning”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
rég (comparative régebben, superlative legrégebben)
- long ago, long time
- Synonym: régen
- Rég nem voltam már a városban. ― I haven't been in the city for a long time.
- Rég voltam a városban. ― I was in the city a long time ago.
Derived terms
Further reading
- rég 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