ruganyos

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1809. From rugany +‎ -os. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈruɡɒɲoʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ga‧nyos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

ruganyos (comparative ruganyosabb, superlative legruganyosabb)

  1. (archaic) equipped with a spring
  2. (rare) made of a flexible material
  3. (of gait, movement) limber, springy
    Synonyms: friss, könnyed, rugalmas, élénk

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ruganyos ruganyosak
accusative ruganyosat ruganyosakat
dative ruganyosnak ruganyosaknak
instrumental ruganyossal ruganyosakkal
causal-final ruganyosért ruganyosakért
translative ruganyossá ruganyosakká
terminative ruganyosig ruganyosakig
essive-formal ruganyosként ruganyosakként
essive-modal — —
inessive ruganyosban ruganyosakban
superessive ruganyoson ruganyosakon
adessive ruganyosnál ruganyosaknál
illative ruganyosba ruganyosakba
sublative ruganyosra ruganyosakra
allative ruganyoshoz ruganyosakhoz
elative ruganyosból ruganyosakból
delative ruganyosról ruganyosakról
ablative ruganyostól ruganyosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 ruganyosé ruganyosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 ruganyoséi ruganyosakéi

Derived terms
  • ruganyosan
  • ruganyosság

References
  1. ruganyos 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
  • ruganyos 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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