furfangos
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]furfang (“trick”) + -os (adjective-forming suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]furfangos (comparative furfangosabb, superlative legfurfangosabb)
- (of a person) shrewd, tricky, artful, cunning, vulpine
- Synonyms: rafinált, csalafinta, ravasz
- (of a thing) tricky, intricate, complicated
- Synonyms: szövevényes, bonyolult
- (of a device) smart, clever, ingenious (showing inventiveness)
- Synonyms: leleményes, ötletes
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of furfangos | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | furfangos | furfangosak |
| accusative | furfangost furfangosat |
furfangosakat |
| dative | furfangosnak | furfangosaknak |
| instrumental | furfangossal | furfangosakkal |
| causal-final | furfangosért | furfangosakért |
| translative | furfangossá | furfangosakká |
| terminative | furfangosig | furfangosakig |
| essive-formal | furfangosként | furfangosakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | furfangosban | furfangosakban |
| superessive | furfangoson | furfangosakon |
| adessive | furfangosnál | furfangosaknál |
| illative | furfangosba | furfangosakba |
| sublative | furfangosra | furfangosakra |
| allative | furfangoshoz | furfangosakhoz |
| elative | furfangosból | furfangosakból |
| delative | furfangosról | furfangosakról |
| ablative | furfangostól | furfangosaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
furfangosé | furfangosaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
furfangoséi | furfangosakéi |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ furfangos 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
[edit]- furfangos 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