öreg
Hungarian
Etymology
Perhaps from a Turkic language. Compare Turkish iri.
Pronunciation
Adjective
öreg (comparative öregebb, superlative legöregebb)
- (of people) old
- Synonyms: idős, agg, vén, koros
- Antonyms: fiatal, ifjú
- Az öreg halász és a tenger - The Old Man and the Sea (a novella by Ernest Hemingway)
- (regional) dense food
- (dialectal, archaic) great, big, grand
- öregujj ― big toe
- öregszülő ― grandparent
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | öreg | öregek |
accusative | öreget | öregeket |
dative | öregnek | öregeknek |
instrumental | öreggel | öregekkel |
causal-final | öregért | öregekért |
translative | öreggé | öregekké |
terminative | öregig | öregekig |
essive-formal | öregként | öregekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | öregben | öregekben |
superessive | öregen | öregeken |
adessive | öregnél | öregeknél |
illative | öregbe | öregekbe |
sublative | öregre | öregekre |
allative | öreghez | öregekhez |
elative | öregből | öregekből |
delative | öregről | öregekről |
ablative | öregtől | öregektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
öregé | öregeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
öregéi | öregekéi |
Derived terms
Compound words
Noun
öreg (plural öregek)
- old person
- (often with possessive suffix, colloquial) one's parents
- (colloquial) the leader of a community
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | öreg | öregek |
accusative | öreget | öregeket |
dative | öregnek | öregeknek |
instrumental | öreggel | öregekkel |
causal-final | öregért | öregekért |
translative | öreggé | öregekké |
terminative | öregig | öregekig |
essive-formal | öregként | öregekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | öregben | öregekben |
superessive | öregen | öregeken |
adessive | öregnél | öregeknél |
illative | öregbe | öregekbe |
sublative | öregre | öregekre |
allative | öreghez | öregekhez |
elative | öregből | öregekből |
delative | öregről | öregekről |
ablative | öregtől | öregektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
öregé | öregeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
öregéi | öregekéi |
Possessive forms of öreg | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | öregem | öregeim |
2nd person sing. | öreged | öregeid |
3rd person sing. | örege | öregei |
1st person plural | öregünk | öregeink |
2nd person plural | öregetek | öregeitek |
3rd person plural | öregük | öregeik |
See also
Further reading
- öreg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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