zuhog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an imitative root associated with the sound of falling water + -og (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzuɦoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: zu‧hog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

zuhog

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to pour, shower, fall (rain)
    Zuhog az eső.It is pouring with rain.

Conjugation

With its uncommon personal forms included:

Derived terms

  • zuhogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • alázuhog
  • átzuhog
  • bezuhog
  • lezuhog
  • rázuhog
Expressions

References

  1. zuhog 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

  • zuhog 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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