rovó
See also: rovo
Hungarian
Etymology
From the rov- stem of ró (“to cut (into), score, carve”) + -ó (present participle suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrovoː]
- Hyphenation: ro‧vó
Verb
rovó
- present participle of ró
Adjective
rovó (not comparable)
- (of tax, fine) imposing, assessing
- (of blame, letters into stone or wood) placing, laying
- (of knife) cutting, scoring, carving
- (about or around the streets) walking, roving, roaming, loitering
Derived terms
- rovópálca
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rovó | rovók |
| accusative | rovót | rovókat |
| dative | rovónak | rovóknak |
| instrumental | rovóval | rovókkal |
| causal-final | rovóért | rovókért |
| translative | rovóvá | rovókká |
| terminative | rovóig | rovókig |
| essive-formal | rovóként | rovókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rovóban | rovókban |
| superessive | rovón | rovókon |
| adessive | rovónál | rovóknál |
| illative | rovóba | rovókba |
| sublative | rovóra | rovókra |
| allative | rovóhoz | rovókhoz |
| elative | rovóból | rovókból |
| delative | rovóról | rovókról |
| ablative | rovótól | rovóktól |
Noun
rovó (plural rovók)
- scorer, carver (a tool used to cut into stone or wood)
- (education) formal, written reprimand to primary or secondary school students (normally due to serious misconduct; possibly as a last resort before expulsion)
- Synonyms: rovás, megrovás
- Coordinate terms: figyelmeztetés, intő
- (obsolete) tax collector
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rovó | rovók |
| accusative | rovót | rovókat |
| dative | rovónak | rovóknak |
| instrumental | rovóval | rovókkal |
| causal-final | rovóért | rovókért |
| translative | rovóvá | rovókká |
| terminative | rovóig | rovókig |
| essive-formal | rovóként | rovókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rovóban | rovókban |
| superessive | rovón | rovókon |
| adessive | rovónál | rovóknál |
| illative | rovóba | rovókba |
| sublative | rovóra | rovókra |
| allative | rovóhoz | rovókhoz |
| elative | rovóból | rovókból |
| delative | rovóról | rovókról |
| ablative | rovótól | rovóktól |
| Possessive forms of rovó | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | rovóm | rovóim |
| 2nd person sing. | rovód | rovóid |
| 3rd person sing. | rovója | rovói |
| 1st person plural | rovónk | rovóink |
| 2nd person plural | rovótok | rovóitok |
| 3rd person plural | rovójuk | rovóik |
Further reading
- rovó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.