adag

See also: adag.

Hungarian

Etymology

ad +‎ -ag, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdɒɡ]

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• Hyphenation: adag
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

adag (plural adagok)

1. portion, serving, helping (allocated amount)
2. (medicine) dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)

   Synonym: dózis

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	adag	adagok
accusative	adagot	adagokat
dative	adagnak	adagoknak
instrumental	adaggal	adagokkal
causal-final	adagért	adagokért
translative	adaggá	adagokká
terminative	adagig	adagokig
essive-formal	adagként	adagokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	adagban	adagokban
superessive	adagon	adagokon
adessive	adagnál	adagoknál
illative	adagba	adagokba
sublative	adagra	adagokra
allative	adaghoz	adagokhoz
elative	adagból	adagokból
delative	adagról	adagokról
ablative	adagtól	adagoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	adagé	adagoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	adagéi	adagokéi

Possessive forms of adag
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	adagom	adagjaim
2nd person sing.	adagod	adagjaid
3rd person sing.	adagja	adagjai
1st person plural	adagunk	adagjaink
2nd person plural	adagotok	adagjaitok
3rd person plural	adagjuk	adagjaik

Derived terms

• adagol

 

Compound words

• alapadag
• élelmiszeradag
• fejadag
• kenyéradag
• kisadag
• nagyadag
• pótadag
• zónaadag

 

Further reading

• adag 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
• adag in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English haddock, assimilated to the suffix -ag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ak/

Noun

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

1. haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *zeeɣ-.

Adjective

adag

1. difficult, hard

References

• Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “adag”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎^[1], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 33