ropog

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Hungarian

Etymology

rop (to dance briskly) +‎ -og (frequentative suffix) [1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ro‧pog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

ropog

  1. (intransitive) to crunch, crack, crackle
    • 1989, John Updike (author), translated by Árpád Göncz, Így látja Roger [Roger's Version], Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 109:
      A tűz ropogott, majd szikrát szórva váratlanul magába roskadt. Richie fölállt, s a fahasábokat a tűzpiszkálóval átrendezte.
      The fire crackled, and abruptly tumbled upon itself in a spurt of sparks. Richie got up and rearranged the logs with the tongs.

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References

  1. ^ ropog 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

  • ropog 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