harapós
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1604. harap (“to bite”) + -ós (adjective-forming suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]harapós (comparative harapósabb, superlative legharapósabb)
- (of an animal, especially a dog) angry, biting
- (figuratively) morose, gruff, sullen, grouchy (unfriendly and bad-tempered)
- Synonyms: rosszkedvű, komor, barátságtalan, mogorva, morcos, haragos, zord, bal lábbal kel fel
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | harapós | harapósak |
accusative | harapósat | harapósakat |
dative | harapósnak | harapósaknak |
instrumental | harapóssal | harapósakkal |
causal-final | harapósért | harapósakért |
translative | harapóssá | harapósakká |
terminative | harapósig | harapósakig |
essive-formal | harapósként | harapósakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | harapósban | harapósakban |
superessive | harapóson | harapósakon |
adessive | harapósnál | harapósaknál |
illative | harapósba | harapósakba |
sublative | harapósra | harapósakra |
allative | harapóshoz | harapósakhoz |
elative | harapósból | harapósakból |
delative | harapósról | harapósakról |
ablative | harapóstól | harapósaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
harapósé | harapósaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
harapóséi | harapósakéi |
References
[edit]- ^ harapós 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]- harapós 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