roskatag

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Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from roskad + -atag (adjective-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

roskatag (comparative roskatagabb, superlative legroskatagabb)

  1. dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle
  2. (of a person) decrepit

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative roskatag roskatagok
accusative roskatagot roskatagokat
dative roskatagnak roskatagoknak
instrumental roskataggal roskatagokkal
causal-final roskatagért roskatagokért
translative roskataggá roskatagokká
terminative roskatagig roskatagokig
essive-formal roskatagként roskatagokként
essive-modal
inessive roskatagban roskatagokban
superessive roskatagon roskatagokon
adessive roskatagnál roskatagoknál
illative roskatagba roskatagokba
sublative roskatagra roskatagokra
allative roskataghoz roskatagokhoz
elative roskatagból roskatagokból
delative roskatagról roskatagokról
ablative roskatagtól roskatagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
roskatagé roskatagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
roskatagéi roskatagokéi

References

  1. ^ roskatag 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

  • roskatag 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