Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1833. From the same stem as the verb rohan (to run) +‎ -am (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈroɦɒm]
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ham
  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun edit

roham (plural rohamok)

  1. attack

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative roham rohamok
accusative rohamot rohamokat
dative rohamnak rohamoknak
instrumental rohammal rohamokkal
causal-final rohamért rohamokért
translative rohammá rohamokká
terminative rohamig rohamokig
essive-formal rohamként rohamokként
essive-modal
inessive rohamban rohamokban
superessive rohamon rohamokon
adessive rohamnál rohamoknál
illative rohamba rohamokba
sublative rohamra rohamokra
allative rohamhoz rohamokhoz
elative rohamból rohamokból
delative rohamról rohamokról
ablative rohamtól rohamoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
rohamé rohamoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rohaméi rohamokéi
Possessive forms of roham
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rohamom rohamaim
2nd person sing. rohamod rohamaid
3rd person sing. rohama rohamai
1st person plural rohamunk rohamaink
2nd person plural rohamotok rohamaitok
3rd person plural rohamuk rohamaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words

References edit

  1. ^ roham 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 edit

  • roham in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN