ragadós

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Hungarian

Etymology

ragad (to stick) +‎ -ós (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ragadós (comparative ragadósabb, superlative legragadósabb)

  1. (of a material) sticky, tacky (able to easily stick to something)
  2. (of clothing, hands, etc.) clammy
    Synonym: ragacsos
  3. (of a disease) contagious, infectious (easily transmitted to others)
    Synonym: ragályos
  4. (figurative) contagious, infectious (easily passed on to others)
    Az ásítás ragadós.Yawns are contagious.
  5. (figurative, derogatory, of a person) clingy, importunate (annoyingly persistent or pressing with one's friendship)
    Synonym: tolakodó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ragadós ragadósak
accusative ragadósat ragadósakat
dative ragadósnak ragadósaknak
instrumental ragadóssal ragadósakkal
causal-final ragadósért ragadósakért
translative ragadóssá ragadósakká
terminative ragadósig ragadósakig
essive-formal ragadósként ragadósakként
essive-modal
inessive ragadósban ragadósakban
superessive ragadóson ragadósakon
adessive ragadósnál ragadósaknál
illative ragadósba ragadósakba
sublative ragadósra ragadósakra
allative ragadóshoz ragadósakhoz
elative ragadósból ragadósakból
delative ragadósról ragadósakról
ablative ragadóstól ragadósaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ragadósé ragadósaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ragadóséi ragadósakéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ragadós 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