ragad

See also: rågad

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric *rᴕ̈ŋkɜ- (“to stick”)^[1] + -ad (frequentative verb-forming suffix).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrɒɡɒd]
Hyphenation: ra‧gad
Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

ragad

(intransitive) to stick, cling
Synonym: tapad
(transitive) to seize, grasp, grip
Synonyms: megfog, megragad, kézbe vesz

Conjugation

conjugation of ragad

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	ragadok	ragadsz	ragad	ragadunk	ragadtok	ragadnak
		Def.	ragadom	ragadod	ragadja	ragadjuk	ragadjátok	ragadják
		2nd-p. o.	ragadlak	―
	Past	Indef.	ragadtam	ragadtál	ragadt or ragadott	ragadtunk	ragadtatok	ragadtak
		Def.	ragadtam	ragadtad	ragadta	ragadtuk	ragadtátok	ragadták
		2nd-p. o.	ragadtalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. ragadni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ragadék	ragadál	ragada	ragadánk	ragadátok	ragadának
		Def.	ragadám	ragadád	ragadá	ragadánk	ragadátok	ragadák
		2nd-p. o.	ragadálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ragad vala, ragadt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ragadandok	ragadandasz	ragadand	ragadandunk	ragadandotok	ragadandanak
		Def.	ragadandom	ragadandod	ragadandja	ragadandjuk	ragadandjátok	ragadandják
		2nd-p. o.	ragadandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	ragadnék	ragadnál	ragadna	ragadnánk	ragadnátok	ragadnának
		Def.	ragadnám	ragadnád	ragadná	ragadnánk (or ragadnók)	ragadnátok	ragadnák
		2nd-p. o.	ragadnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ragadt volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	ragadjak	ragadj or ragadjál	ragadjon	ragadjunk	ragadjatok	ragadjanak
		Def.	ragadjam	ragadd or ragadjad	ragadja	ragadjuk	ragadjátok	ragadják
		2nd-p. o.	ragadjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ragadt légyen
Infinitive	ragadni		ragadnom	ragadnod	ragadnia	ragadnunk	ragadnotok	ragadniuk
Other forms	ragadás		ragadó	ragadt or ragadott	ragadandó	ragadva (ragadván)		ragadtat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of ragad

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	ragadhatok	ragadhatsz	ragadhat	ragadhatunk	ragadhattok	ragadhatnak
		Def.	ragadhatom	ragadhatod	ragadhatja	ragadhatjuk	ragadhatjátok	ragadhatják
		2nd-p. o.	ragadhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	ragadhattam	ragadhattál	ragadhatott	ragadhattunk	ragadhattatok	ragadhattak
		Def.	ragadhattam	ragadhattad	ragadhatta	ragadhattuk	ragadhattátok	ragadhatták
		2nd-p. o.	ragadhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ragadhaték	ragadhatál	ragadhata	ragadhatánk	ragadhatátok	ragadhatának
		Def.	ragadhatám	ragadhatád	ragadhatá	ragadhatánk	ragadhatátok	ragadhaták
		2nd-p. o.	ragadhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ragadhat vala, ragadhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ragadhatandok or ragadandhatok	ragadhatandasz or ragadandhatsz	ragadhatand or ragadandhat	ragadhatandunk or ragadandhatunk	ragadhatandotok or ragadandhattok	ragadhatandanak or ragadandhatnak
		Def.	ragadhatandom or ragadandhatom	ragadhatandod or ragadandhatod	ragadhatandja or ragadandhatja	ragadhatandjuk or ragadandhatjuk	ragadhatandjátok or ragadandhatjátok	ragadhatandják or ragadandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	ragadhatandalak or ragadandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	ragadhatnék	ragadhatnál	ragadhatna	ragadhatnánk	ragadhatnátok	ragadhatnának
		Def.	ragadhatnám	ragadhatnád	ragadhatná	ragadhatnánk (or ragadhatnók)	ragadhatnátok	ragadhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	ragadhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ragadhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	ragadhassak	ragadhass or ragadhassál	ragadhasson	ragadhassunk	ragadhassatok	ragadhassanak
		Def.	ragadhassam	ragadhasd or ragadhassad	ragadhassa	ragadhassuk	ragadhassátok	ragadhassák
		2nd-p. o.	ragadhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ragadhatott légyen
Inf.	(ragadhatni)		(ragadhatnom)	(ragadhatnod)	(ragadhatnia)	(ragadhatnunk)	(ragadhatnotok)	(ragadhatniuk)
Positive adjective			ragadható	Neg. adj.	ragadhatatlan	Adv. part.	(ragadhatva / ragadhatván)

Between the alternative forms ragadt and ragadott, the short form is used in the sense “to stick”, and the long form is used in the sense “to grab”. Examples:

A kezem még mindig ragadt a gyantától. ― My hand was still sticky with pine resin.

Tollat ragadott, és azonnal nekilátott levelet írni. ― He grabbed a pen and started writing a letter at once.

Derived terms

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Expressions

üstökön ragadja a szerencsét

Related terms

References

^ Entry #1839 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ ragad 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.)