olvad

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *sula (to molten, melted; melt, dissolve) + -ad (frequentative-instantaneous suffix).[1] Cognates include Northern Mansi толуӈкве (toluňkve) and Finnish sulaa.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈolvɒd]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ol‧vad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

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olvad

  1. (intransitive) to melt
    olvad a hóthe snow is melting

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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With verbal prefixes
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References

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  1. ^ olvad 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.)
  2. ^ Entry #913 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

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  • olvad 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