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paripa

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πάριππος (párippos, side horse), coined from παρά (pará, beside) + ἵππος (híppos, horse).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒripɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧pa
  • Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

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paripa (plural paripák)

  1. steed
    Synonyms: csődör, mén; see also Thesaurus:
    • 1863, János Arany, translated by Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and Ádám Makkai (Q674247), Buda halála [Death of Buda]‎[1], canto 6:
      Értek vala éjszakára / Kur vizének a partjára; / Folyóvíznek partja mellett / Paripájok jól legelhet.
      They find themselves as daylight sinks / where Kur’s broad waters sweep and swell, / on meadows by the river-brinks / their weary steeds may pasture well.
  2. (obsolete) gelding (a castrated male horse)

Declension

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Possessive forms of paripa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. paripám paripáim
2nd person sing. paripád paripáid
3rd person sing. paripája paripái
1st person plural paripánk paripáink
2nd person plural paripátok paripáitok
3rd person plural paripájuk paripáik

Further reading

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  • paripa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.