zug
See also: Zug and zúg
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *suŋɜ (“corner, angle”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzuɡ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: zug
Noun
zug (plural zugok)
- nook, corner, recess (a small corner or a hidden or secluded spot)
- (figuratively, in certain compounds) illicit, black, closet, secret
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | zug | zugok |
| accusative | zugot | zugokat |
| dative | zugnak | zugoknak |
| instrumental | zuggal | zugokkal |
| causal-final | zugért | zugokért |
| translative | zuggá | zugokká |
| terminative | zugig | zugokig |
| essive-formal | zugként | zugokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zugban | zugokban |
| superessive | zugon | zugokon |
| adessive | zugnál | zugoknál |
| illative | zugba | zugokba |
| sublative | zugra | zugokra |
| allative | zughoz | zugokhoz |
| elative | zugból | zugokból |
| delative | zugról | zugokról |
| ablative | zugtól | zugoktól |
| Possessive forms of zug | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | zugom | zugaim |
| 2nd person sing. | zugod | zugaid |
| 3rd person sing. | zuga | zugai |
| 1st person plural | zugunk | zugaink |
| 2nd person plural | zugotok | zugaitok |
| 3rd person plural | zuguk | zugaik |
Derived terms
- szemzug
- zegzug
- zugárus
- zugíró
- zugivó
References
- Entry #1850 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further reading
- zug in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.