ragad

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See also: rågad

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric *rᴕ̈ŋkɜ- (to stick)[1] + -ad (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

ragad

  1. (intransitive) to stick, cling
    Synonym: tapad
  2. (transitive) to seize, grasp, grip
    Synonyms: megfog, megragad, kézbe vesz

Conjugation

Between the alternative forms ragadt and ragadott, the short form is used in the sense “to stick”, and the long form is used in the sense “to grab”. Examples:

A kezem még mindig ragadt a gyantától.My hand was still sticky with pine resin.
Tollat ragadott, és azonnal nekilátott levelet írni.He grabbed a pen and started writing a letter at once.

Derived terms

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Expressions

References

  1. ^ Entry #1839 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ ragad 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.)

Further reading

  • ragad 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