vág

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See also: vag, väg, and våg

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *waŋke- (to strike, cut) or perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waŋɜ (to strike, cut).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːɡ

Verb

vág

  1. (transitive) to cut
    Synonyms: hasít, metsz, metél, nyes, nyír, nyisszant, szel
  2. (transitive) to throw (forcefully, violently)
    Synonyms: dob, hajít, csap, hány, vet
  3. (transitive) to hit, to slap (e.g. on the face)
    Synonyms: csap, üt, ver
  4. (transitive, slang) to know, to understand
    Synonyms: ért, tud
  5. (transitive) to make (a facial expression; often used with arc, kép, pofa)

Conjugation

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Expressions

References

  1. ^ Entry #1119 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ vág 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

  • vág 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

Old Norse

Noun

vág

  1. accusative singular of vágr