míg
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Lexicalization of the interrogative pronoun mi (“what”) + -ég ~ -ig (terminative case suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
míg
- (of time, somewhat literary) as long as, while
- (of time, somewhat literary, with a negated verb) till, until
Usage notes edit
See at amíg.
Derived terms edit
(Expressions):
References edit
- ^ míg 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
- míg 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
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
míg