abcúg

See also: abcug

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abzug (“drawback, subtraction, deduction”), from abziehen (“to subtract, deduct, pull out”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒpt͡suːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧cúg
  • Rhymes: -uːɡ

Interjection

abcúg

  1. (dated) Used to express disapproval or derision: boo!, get out!, begone!
    Synonym: le vele
    Antonym: éljen

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ abcúg in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • abcúg in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • abcúg in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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