alig-alig

Hungarian

Etymology

alig (“barely”) +‎ alig (“barely”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒliɡɒliɡ]
  • Hyphenation: alig-‧alig
  • Rhymes: -iɡ

Adverb

alig-alig

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely (to a limited extent)
    Alig-alig látok. ― I can barely see.
  2. with difficulty
    A két jelenséget alig-alig lehet megkülönböztetni. ― It's very hard to distinguish the two kinds of phenomena.
  3. barely (to emphasize the smallness of the named quantity or measure)
    Itt van mellettem, alig-alig egy méterre tőlem. ― It is right next to me, barely a meter from me.

Further reading
  • alig-alig 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
  • alig-alig in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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