rongyos

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Hungarian

Etymology

rongy +‎ -os (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

rongyos (comparative rongyosabb, superlative legrongyosabb)

  1. ragged, tattered, frayed
  2. (colloquial) measly, lousy, paltry

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rongyos rongyosak
accusative rongyosat rongyosakat
dative rongyosnak rongyosaknak
instrumental rongyossal rongyosakkal
causal-final rongyosért rongyosakért
translative rongyossá rongyosakká
terminative rongyosig rongyosakig
essive-formal rongyosként rongyosakként
essive-modal
inessive rongyosban rongyosakban
superessive rongyoson rongyosakon
adessive rongyosnál rongyosaknál
illative rongyosba rongyosakba
sublative rongyosra rongyosakra
allative rongyoshoz rongyosakhoz
elative rongyosból rongyosakból
delative rongyosról rongyosakról
ablative rongyostól rongyosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
rongyosé rongyosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rongyoséi rongyosakéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rongyos 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