rongy

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *raćɜ (“rag”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈroɲɟ]
  • Hyphenation: rongy
  • Rhymes: -oɲɟ

Noun

rongy (plural rongyok)

  1. cloth (a piece of cloth used for cleaning)
  2. rag, shred, tatter (a shred of torn cloth)
  3. rag (tattered clothes)
  4. (by extension, colloquial) clothes
    Nincs egy rongyom, amit felvegyek. ― I have nothing to wear. (literally: I don't have a rag to wear.)
  5. (slang) grand (a thousand forint banknote)
  6. (colloquial) scum, bastard (a reprehensible, morally depraved person)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rongy rongyok
accusative rongyot rongyokat
dative rongynak rongyoknak
instrumental ronggyal rongyokkal
causal-final rongyért rongyokért
translative ronggyá rongyokká
terminative rongyig rongyokig
essive-formal rongyként rongyokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rongyban rongyokban
superessive rongyon rongyokon
adessive rongynál rongyoknál
illative rongyba rongyokba
sublative rongyra rongyokra
allative rongyhoz rongyokhoz
elative rongyból rongyokból
delative rongyról rongyokról
ablative rongytól rongyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 rongyé rongyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 rongyéi rongyokéi
Possessive forms of rongy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rongyom rongyaim
2nd person sing. rongyod rongyaid
3rd person sing. rongya rongyai
1st person plural rongyunk rongyaink
2nd person plural rongyotok rongyaitok
3rd person plural rongyuk rongyaik

Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
  • rázza a rongyot

Adjective

rongy (comparative rongyabb, superlative legrongyabb)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) good-for-nothing, useless, worthless
    Synonyms: hitvány, silány, értéktelen, vacak
    rongy alak ― rotter, cad
    rongy idő ― awful weather

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rongy rongyok
accusative rongyot rongyokat
dative rongynak rongyoknak
instrumental ronggyal rongyokkal
causal-final rongyért rongyokért
translative ronggyá rongyokká
terminative rongyig rongyokig
essive-formal rongyként rongyokként
essive-modal rongyul —
inessive rongyban rongyokban
superessive rongyon rongyokon
adessive rongynál rongyoknál
illative rongyba rongyokba
sublative rongyra rongyokra
allative rongyhoz rongyokhoz
elative rongyból rongyokból
delative rongyról rongyokról
ablative rongytól rongyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 rongyé rongyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 rongyéi rongyokéi

References
  1. Entry #851 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. rongy 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
  • rongy 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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