roskatag
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from roskad + -atag (adjective-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
roskatag (comparative roskatagabb, superlative legroskatagabb)
- dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle
- (of a person) decrepit
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | roskatag | roskatagok |
| accusative | roskatagot | roskatagokat |
| dative | roskatagnak | roskatagoknak |
| instrumental | roskataggal | roskatagokkal |
| causal-final | roskatagért | roskatagokért |
| translative | roskataggá | roskatagokká |
| terminative | roskatagig | roskatagokig |
| essive-formal | roskatagként | roskatagokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | roskatagban | roskatagokban |
| superessive | roskatagon | roskatagokon |
| adessive | roskatagnál | roskatagoknál |
| illative | roskatagba | roskatagokba |
| sublative | roskatagra | roskatagokra |
| allative | roskataghoz | roskatagokhoz |
| elative | roskatagból | roskatagokból |
| delative | roskatagról | roskatagokról |
| ablative | roskatagtól | roskatagoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
roskatagé | roskatagoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
roskatagéi | roskatagokéi |
References edit
- ^ roskatag 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
- roskatag 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