dolog
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian. Compare Serbo-Croatian dug (“debt”), Slovak dlh (“debt”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dolog (plural dolgok)
- thing, object
- affair, business, matter
- task, work, job, duty, responsibility
- fate, (good or bad) time
- a matter or question of (something) (used with abstract concepts like honour or taste)
- Synonym: kérdés
Usage notes edit
Except for meanings (1) and (2), it is usually used with possessive endings: dolgom, dolgod, dolga etc. (see the chart below).
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | dolog | dolgok |
| accusative | dolgot | dolgokat |
| dative | dolognak | dolgoknak |
| instrumental | dologgal | dolgokkal |
| causal-final | dologért | dolgokért |
| translative | dologgá | dolgokká |
| terminative | dologig | dolgokig |
| essive-formal | dologként | dolgokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | dologban | dolgokban |
| superessive | dolgon | dolgokon |
| adessive | dolognál | dolgoknál |
| illative | dologba | dolgokba |
| sublative | dologra | dolgokra |
| allative | dologhoz | dolgokhoz |
| elative | dologból | dolgokból |
| delative | dologról | dolgokról |
| ablative | dologtól | dolgoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
dologé | dolgoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
dologéi | dolgokéi |
| Possessive forms of dolog | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | dolgom | dolgaim |
| 2nd person sing. | dolgod | dolgaid |
| 3rd person sing. | dolga | dolgai |
| 1st person plural | dolgunk | dolgaink |
| 2nd person plural | dolgotok | dolgaitok |
| 3rd person plural | dolguk | dolgaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
References edit
- ^ dolog 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
- dolog 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
- dolog 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)
Simalungun Batak edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Batak *dələg.
Noun edit
dolog
References edit
- Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p.48.