vaskos

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. First attested in 1746. Perhaps it is derived from the noun vas (“iron”), but the method of derivation is irregular. For a similar derivation, compare nehézkes (“cumbersome”). The formation of the different senses may have been also influenced by the adjective vastag (“thick”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

vaskos (comparative vaskosabb, superlative legvaskosabb)

  1. (slightly derogatory, of a person, limb) bulky, stout, fat, chubby
  2. (of objects) thick, heavy, fat, massive
    vaskos bőrtárca ― fat leather wallet
    vaskos oszlopok ― massive columns
    vaskos könyv ― thick book
  3. (figuratively, derogatory, of speech, expression) ribald, coarse, obscene
    vaskos tréfa ― ribald joke

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vaskos vaskosak
accusative vaskosat vaskosakat
dative vaskosnak vaskosaknak
instrumental vaskossal vaskosakkal
causal-final vaskosért vaskosakért
translative vaskossá vaskosakká
terminative vaskosig vaskosakig
essive-formal vaskosként vaskosakként
essive-modal — —
inessive vaskosban vaskosakban
superessive vaskoson vaskosakon
adessive vaskosnál vaskosaknál
illative vaskosba vaskosakba
sublative vaskosra vaskosakra
allative vaskoshoz vaskosakhoz
elative vaskosból vaskosakból
delative vaskosról vaskosakról
ablative vaskostól vaskosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		vaskosé vaskosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		vaskoséi vaskosakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ vaskos 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

  • vaskos 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

Latvian

Noun

vaskos m

  1. locative plural of vasks
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