ragadós
Hungarian
Etymology
ragad (“to stick”) + -ós (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɒɡɒdoːʃ]
- Hyphenation: ra‧ga‧dós
- Rhymes: -oːʃ
Adjective
ragadós (comparative ragadósabb, superlative legragadósabb)
- (of a material) sticky, tacky (able to easily stick to something)
- (of clothing, hands, etc.) clammy
- Synonym: ragacsos
- (of a disease) contagious, infectious (easily transmitted to others)
- Synonym: ragályos
- (figurative) contagious, infectious (easily passed on to others)
- Az ásítás ragadós. ― Yawns are contagious.
- (figurative, derogatory, of a person) clingy, importunate (annoyingly persistent or pressing with one's friendship)
- Synonym: tolakodó
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ragadós | ragadósak |
| accusative | ragadósat | ragadósakat |
| dative | ragadósnak | ragadósaknak |
| instrumental | ragadóssal | ragadósakkal |
| causal-final | ragadósért | ragadósakért |
| translative | ragadóssá | ragadósakká |
| terminative | ragadósig | ragadósakig |
| essive-formal | ragadósként | ragadósakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ragadósban | ragadósakban |
| superessive | ragadóson | ragadósakon |
| adessive | ragadósnál | ragadósaknál |
| illative | ragadósba | ragadósakba |
| sublative | ragadósra | ragadósakra |
| allative | ragadóshoz | ragadósakhoz |
| elative | ragadósból | ragadósakból |
| delative | ragadósról | ragadósakról |
| ablative | ragadóstól | ragadósaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | ragadósé | ragadósaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | ragadóséi | ragadósakéi |
Derived terms
- ragadósan
- ragadósság
Further reading
- ragadós 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