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See also: retrograd

Hungarian

Etymology

From German retrograd, from Latin retrogradus.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

retrográd (not comparable)

  1. (politics, of a person or group) retrograde (wanting to return to the past; opposing progress; directed backwards, retreating; reverting)
    Synonyms: fejlődésellenes, haladásellenes, visszahúzó, múltba néző
  2. (psychology) retrograde (relating to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease)
    retrográd amnéziaretrograde amnesia
  3. (astronomy, of a body orbiting another) retrograde (in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin)
    retrográd mozgásretrograde motion

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative retrográd retrográdok
accusative retrográdot retrográdokat
dative retrográdnak retrográdoknak
instrumental retrográddal retrográdokkal
causal-final retrográdért retrográdokért
translative retrográddá retrográdokká
terminative retrográdig retrográdokig
essive-formal retrográdként retrográdokként
essive-modal
inessive retrográdban retrográdokban
superessive retrográdon retrográdokon
adessive retrográdnál retrográdoknál
illative retrográdba retrográdokba
sublative retrográdra retrográdokra
allative retrográdhoz retrográdokhoz
elative retrográdból retrográdokból
delative retrográdról retrográdokról
ablative retrográdtól retrográdoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
retrográdé retrográdoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
retrográdéi retrográdokéi

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • retrográd in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.