őrjöng

Hungarian

Etymology

From őrül + -öng (frequentative suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈøːrjøŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: őr‧jöng
  • Rhymes: -øŋɡ

Verb

őrjöng

  1. (intransitive) to go crazy, to madden, to go berserk, to rage, to be in frenzy

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • őrjöngő

References

  1. őrjöng in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • őrjöng 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
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