zsugori

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Hungarian

Etymology

A playful derivation from the Proto-Ugric stem of zsugorodik (“to shrink”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: zsu‧go‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ri

Adjective

zsugori (comparative zsugoribb, superlative legzsugoribb)

  1. sordid, stingy
    Synonyms: fösvény, fukar, fogához veri a garast

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative zsugori zsugoriak
accusative zsugorit zsugoriakat
dative zsugorinak zsugoriaknak
instrumental zsugorival zsugoriakkal
causal-final zsugoriért zsugoriakért
translative zsugorivá zsugoriakká
terminative zsugoriig zsugoriakig
essive-formal zsugoriként zsugoriakként
essive-modal — —
inessive zsugoriban zsugoriakban
superessive zsugorin zsugoriakon
adessive zsugorinál zsugoriaknál
illative zsugoriba zsugoriakba
sublative zsugorira zsugoriakra
allative zsugorihoz zsugoriakhoz
elative zsugoriból zsugoriakból
delative zsugoriról zsugoriakról
ablative zsugoritól zsugoriaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		zsugorié zsugoriaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		zsugoriéi zsugoriakéi

References

  1. ^ zsugori 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

  • zsugori 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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