ragály

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as ragad (“to stick”) +‎ -ály (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

Noun

ragály (plural ragályok)

  1. (archaic) contagion, plague (a serious infectious disease)
    Synonyms: fertőző betegség, fertőzés, kór
  2. (archaic or literary, literal or figurative) epidemic (a widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population)
    Synonyms: járvány, dögvész, epidémia

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ragály ragályok
accusative ragályt ragályokat
dative ragálynak ragályoknak
instrumental ragállyal ragályokkal
causal-final ragályért ragályokért
translative ragállyá ragályokká
terminative ragályig ragályokig
essive-formal ragályként ragályokként
essive-modal — —
inessive ragályban ragályokban
superessive ragályon ragályokon
adessive ragálynál ragályoknál
illative ragályba ragályokba
sublative ragályra ragályokra
allative ragályhoz ragályokhoz
elative ragályból ragályokból
delative ragályról ragályokról
ablative ragálytól ragályoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		ragályé ragályoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		ragályéi ragályokéi
Possessive forms of ragály
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ragályom ragályaim
2nd person sing. ragályod ragályaid
3rd person sing. ragálya ragályai
1st person plural ragályunk ragályaink
2nd person plural ragályotok ragályaitok
3rd person plural ragályuk ragályaik

See also

References

  1. ^ ragály in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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