öreg
See also: oreg
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom a Turkic language or Proto-Uralic. Compare Turkish iri, Erzya сыре (siŕe).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editöreg (comparative öregebb, superlative legöregebb)
- (chiefly of people) old (not young, having existed or lived for a long time; compare régi (“not new”))
- Synonyms: idős, agg, vén, koros, éltes
- Antonyms: fiatal, ifjú
- Az öreg halász és a tenger ― The Old Man and the Sea (a novella by Ernest Hemingway)
- (dialectal, archaic) great, big, grand
- Synonym: nagy
- öreg hiba ― big mistake
- öregujj ― big toe
- öregszülő ― grandparent
- (regional, of food) dense
- Synonym: sűrű
- (folksy, of times of day) late
- Synonym: késő
- öreg este ― late evening
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | öreg | öregek |
accusative | öreget | öregeket |
dative | öregnek | öregeknek |
instrumental | öreggel | öregekkel |
causal-final | öregért | öregekért |
translative | öreggé | öregekké |
terminative | öregig | öregekig |
essive-formal | öregként | öregekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | öregben | öregekben |
superessive | öregen | öregeken |
adessive | öregnél | öregeknél |
illative | öregbe | öregekbe |
sublative | öregre | öregekre |
allative | öreghez | öregekhez |
elative | öregből | öregekből |
delative | öregről | öregekről |
ablative | öregtől | öregektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
öregé | öregeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
öregéi | öregekéi |
Derived terms
editCompound words
Noun
editöreg (plural öregek)
- old person
- (colloquial) the leader of a community
- (often with a possessive suffix) (colloquial) one’s parents, old man or old lady
- (with a first-person possessive suffix) (colloquial) man, bro (form of address for a person of roughly equal age and status)
- Synonym: öcsém
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | öreg | öregek |
accusative | öreget | öregeket |
dative | öregnek | öregeknek |
instrumental | öreggel | öregekkel |
causal-final | öregért | öregekért |
translative | öreggé | öregekké |
terminative | öregig | öregekig |
essive-formal | öregként | öregekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | öregben | öregekben |
superessive | öregen | öregeken |
adessive | öregnél | öregeknél |
illative | öregbe | öregekbe |
sublative | öregre | öregekre |
allative | öreghez | öregekhez |
elative | öregből | öregekből |
delative | öregről | öregekről |
ablative | öregtől | öregektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
öregé | öregeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
öregéi | öregekéi |
Possessive forms of öreg | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | öregem | öregeim |
2nd person sing. | öreged | öregeid |
3rd person sing. | örege | öregei |
1st person plural | öregünk | öregeink |
2nd person plural | öregetek | öregeitek |
3rd person plural | öregük | öregeik |
See also
editFurther reading
edit- öreg 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
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