harapós
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1604. harap (“to bite”) + -ós (adjective-forming suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒrɒpoːʃ]
- Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧pós
- Rhymes: -oːʃ
Adjective
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
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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
- harapós in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN