vagy

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See also: vágy

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɒɟ

Etymology 1

From the expression az vagyon (“that is”). Compare Polish bądź.

Conjunction

vagy

  2. or
    Coordinate term: és
    Ez vagy az? ― This or that?
  3. either … or …
    Vagy itt van, vagy ott. ― It is either here or there.
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Expressions

Adverb

vagy (not comparable)

  1. (informal) about, like
    Synonyms: nagyjából, körülbelül, mintegy
    Megevett vagy hat szendvicset. ― He ate about six sandwiches.
    • 1924, Géza Gárdonyi, Ida regénye, Budapest: Scolar Kiadó, published 2021, →ISBN, page 9:
      Vagy hárman ültek még ott a reggelizőasztalnál, afféle éhgyomor-kedvetlen pesti urak. Mutatja a szomszédjának az újságot: […]
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Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- (“to be, will be”) (present-day Hungarian van), via pre–Old Hungarian vol-, via hypothetical *voly- (ly indicating /ʎ/), via vadźs- (dźs indicating /ɟ͡ʝ/), and eventually (in the later Old Hungarian period) becoming vagy. The other first- and second-person forms vagyok (“I am”), vagyunk (“we are”), and vagytok (“you are”, plural) also derive from this stem. The vowel o became more open at the same time. Compare also vagyon (noun and archaic verb form).

Verb

vagy

  1. second-person singular indicative present indefinite of van: you are (informal, familiar)
    Coordinate term: ( formal second-person form) van
    Hol vagy? ― Where are you?
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Entry #1160 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds). Magyar nyelvtörténet (’Hungarian Language History’). Budapest: Osiris, 2003. →ISBN (with remote access at Arcanum’s Szaktárs for members of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Librarydb and other institutions), p. 122)
  3. ^ Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds). Magyar nyelvtörténet (’Hungarian Language History’). Budapest: Osiris, 2003. →ISBN (with remote access at Arcanum’s Szaktárs for members of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Librarydb and other institutions), p. 304
  4. ^ Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds). Magyar nyelvtörténet (’Hungarian Language History’). Budapest: Osiris, 2003. →ISBN (with remote access at Arcanum’s Szaktárs for members of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Librarydb and other institutions), p. 120
  5. ^ Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds). Magyar nyelvtörténet (’Hungarian Language History’). Budapest: Osiris, 2003. →ISBN (with remote access at Arcanum’s Szaktárs for members of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Librarydb and other institutions), p. 316
  6. ^ Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds). Magyar nyelvtörténet (’Hungarian Language History’). Budapest: Osiris, 2003. →ISBN (with remote access at Arcanum’s Szaktárs for members of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Librarydb and other institutions), p. 329

Further reading

  • (“or” etc.): vagy 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
  • Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN
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