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ragad

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See also: rågad

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric *rᴕ̈ŋkɜ- (to stick)[1] + -ad (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒɡɒd]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧gad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

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ragad

  1. (intransitive) to stick, cling
    Synonym: tapad
  2. (transitive) to seize, grasp, grip
    Synonyms: megfog, megragad, kézbe vesz

Conjugation

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Between the alternative forms ragadt and ragadott, the short form is used in the sense “to stick”, and the long form is used in the sense “to grab”. Examples:

A kezem még mindig ragadt a gyantától.My hand was still sticky with pine resin.
Tollat ragadott, és azonnal nekilátott levelet írni.He grabbed a pen and started writing a letter at once.

Derived terms

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Expressions
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References

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  1. ^ Entry #1839 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ ragad 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

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  • ragad 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