paraj

paraj

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1395. From Old French poree (“leek; leek soup”), from Latin porrum (“leek”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrɒj]
• Hyphenation: pa‧raj
• Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun

paraj (plural parajok)

1. (formal) spinach (Spinacia oleracea, an edible plant or its leaves)

   Synonym: (slightly informal) spenót

2. (folksy) a type of weed, especially goosefoot

   Synonym: paréj

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	paraj	parajok
accusative	parajt	parajokat
dative	parajnak	parajoknak
instrumental	parajjal	parajokkal
causal-final	parajért	parajokért
translative	parajjá	parajokká
terminative	parajig	parajokig
essive-formal	parajként	parajokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	parajban	parajokban
superessive	parajon	parajokon
adessive	parajnál	parajoknál
illative	parajba	parajokba
sublative	parajra	parajokra
allative	parajhoz	parajokhoz
elative	parajból	parajokból
delative	parajról	parajokról
ablative	parajtól	parajoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	parajé	parajoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	parajéi	parajokéi

Possessive forms of paraj
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	parajom	parajaim
2nd person sing.	parajod	parajaid
3rd person sing.	paraja	parajai
1st person plural	parajunk	parajaink
2nd person plural	parajotok	parajaitok
3rd person plural	parajuk	parajaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• parajfőzelék

 

References

1. paraj in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

• paraj 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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.raj/
• Rhymes: -araj
• Syllabification: pa‧raj

Verb

paraj

1. second-person singular imperative of parać