porond
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *prǭdъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian prud (“sandbank”), Slovene prod (“gravel”), Slovak prúd (“stream, flow, current”), Polish prąd (“flow, current”), Russian пруд (prud, “pond”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈporond]
- Hyphenation: po‧rond
- Rhymes: -ond
Noun
porond (plural porondok)
- ring, circus ring (area where circus acts take place)
- Synonyms: aréna, manézs
- (historical) ring, arena (sand-covered circular area for combat sports, such as in an amphitheater)
- Synonyms: aréna, küzdőtér
- A gladiátorok küzdöttek a porondon. ― The gladiators fought in the arena.
- (figurative) arena, stage
- Synonym: aréna
- A kormánynak kell kiállnia a nemzet érdekei mellett a nemzetközi porondon. ― The government must stand up for the nation's interests in the international arena.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | porond | porondok |
| accusative | porondot | porondokat |
| dative | porondnak | porondoknak |
| instrumental | poronddal | porondokkal |
| causal-final | porondért | porondokért |
| translative | poronddá | porondokká |
| terminative | porondig | porondokig |
| essive-formal | porondként | porondokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | porondban | porondokban |
| superessive | porondon | porondokon |
| adessive | porondnál | porondoknál |
| illative | porondba | porondokba |
| sublative | porondra | porondokra |
| allative | porondhoz | porondokhoz |
| elative | porondból | porondokból |
| delative | porondról | porondokról |
| ablative | porondtól | porondoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | porondé | porondoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | porondéi | porondokéi |
| Possessive forms of porond | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | porondom | porondjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | porondod | porondjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | porondja | porondjai |
| 1st person plural | porondunk | porondjaink |
| 2nd person plural | porondotok | porondjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | porondjuk | porondjaik |
References
- porond 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
- porond 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