zsugori
Hungarian
Etymology
A playful derivation from the Proto-Ugric stem of zsugorodik (“to shrink”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒuɡori]
- Hyphenation: zsu‧go‧ri
- Rhymes: -ri
Adjective
zsugori (comparative zsugoribb, superlative legzsugoribb)
- 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
- 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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