See also: Borsos

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

bors +‎ -os

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈborʃoʃ]
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  • Hyphenation: bor‧sos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective edit

borsos (comparative borsosabb, superlative legborsosabb)

  1. peppery (prepared with pepper, having the taste of pepper)
    borsos tokánypepper tokány (traditional Hungarian dish)
  2. exorbitant (price)
    borsos ára vancost a pretty penny, cost an arm and a leg
  3. salty, spicy, racy, risqué, blue (coarse)
    borsos történetspicy story

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative borsos borsosak
accusative borsosat borsosakat
dative borsosnak borsosaknak
instrumental borsossal borsosakkal
causal-final borsosért borsosakért
translative borsossá borsosakká
terminative borsosig borsosakig
essive-formal borsosként borsosakként
essive-modal
inessive borsosban borsosakban
superessive borsoson borsosakon
adessive borsosnál borsosaknál
illative borsosba borsosakba
sublative borsosra borsosakra
allative borsoshoz borsosakhoz
elative borsosból borsosakból
delative borsosról borsosakról
ablative borsostól borsosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
borsosé borsosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
borsoséi borsosakéi

Derived terms edit

Expressions

Further reading edit

  • borsos 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
  • borsos in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)