agár
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal): ogár
Etymology
First attested in 1395. From Old Hungarian agar and earlier Agar [1193]. Borrowed from a West Slavic language; compare Czech ohař, Polish ogar and Slovak ohar, from Proto-Slavic *ogarь. Or less likely directly borrowed from a (Oghuric) Turkic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒɡaːr]
- Hyphenation: agár
- Rhymes: -aːr
Noun
agár (plural agarak)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agár | agarak |
| accusative | agarat | agarakat |
| dative | agárnak | agaraknak |
| instrumental | agárral | agarakkal |
| causal-final | agárért | agarakért |
| translative | agárrá | agarakká |
| terminative | agárig | agarakig |
| essive-formal | agárként | agarakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | agárban | agarakban |
| superessive | agáron | agarakon |
| adessive | agárnál | agaraknál |
| illative | agárba | agarakba |
| sublative | agárra | agarakra |
| allative | agárhoz | agarakhoz |
| elative | agárból | agarakból |
| delative | agárról | agarakról |
| ablative | agártól | agaraktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
agáré | agaraké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
agáréi | agarakéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | agaram | agaraim |
| 2nd person sing. | agarad | agaraid |
| 3rd person sing. | agara | agarai |
| 1st person plural | agarunk | agaraink |
| 2nd person plural | agaratok | agaraitok |
| 3rd person plural | agaruk | agaraik |
Derived terms
Expressions
References
- Marek Stachowski, Eugen Helimskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 14 (2009): 35–107 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: Kraków, page 41
- agár 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
- agár 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.
- agár 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).