őrjöng

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From őrül +‎ -öng (frequentative suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈøːrjøŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: őr‧jöng
  • Rhymes: -øŋɡ

Verb

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őrjöng

  1. (intransitive) to go crazy, to madden, to go berserk, to rage, to be in frenzy

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ őrjöng in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • őrjöng 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