vastag

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1451. Uncertain. Perhaps a derivation from vas (“iron”), based on the solidity of things described with vastag. Compare Hungarian vaskos (“massive, bulky”), also of uncertain origin.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

vastag (comparative vastagabb, superlative legvastagabb)

  1. thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
    Antonym: vékony
  2. (slang) rich, well-to-do

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vastag vastagok
accusative vastagot vastagokat
dative vastagnak vastagoknak
instrumental vastaggal vastagokkal
causal-final vastagért vastagokért
translative vastaggá vastagokká
terminative vastagig vastagokig
essive-formal vastagként vastagokként
essive-modal — —
inessive vastagban vastagokban
superessive vastagon vastagokon
adessive vastagnál vastagoknál
illative vastagba vastagokba
sublative vastagra vastagokra
allative vastaghoz vastagokhoz
elative vastagból vastagokból
delative vastagról vastagokról
ablative vastagtól vastagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		vastagé vastagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		vastagéi vastagokéi

Derived terms

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See also

References

  1. ^ vastag in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ vastag 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

  • vastag 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
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