piros

See also: Piros

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pirosu

Etymology

From per +‎ -os or from Latin pilōsus. Compare Romanian păros.

Adjective

piros

1. hairy

Related terms

• per

Hungarian

Etymology

There are two interpretations by two different sources:

1. From the same unattested stem as in pirít +‎ -os (“adjective-forming suffix”).
2. From pír (“blush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiroʃ]

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• Hyphenation: pi‧ros
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

piros (comparative pirosabb, superlative legpirosabb)

1. red (often specifically a lighter red than vörös)

   Coordinate term: (darker red) vörös

Usage notes

"In Hungarian, piros […is] associated with blood inside the body, […] whereas vörös is associated with blood spilled […and] the fact that after a while, blood spilled tends to get darker could explain the inclusion of darker shades in vörös." Common collocations include piros lap (red card in football), piros rózsa (red rose) and piros tojás (red egg, given by a girl to a boy during Easter).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	piros	pirosak
accusative	pirosat	pirosakat
dative	pirosnak	pirosaknak
instrumental	pirossal	pirosakkal
causal-final	pirosért	pirosakért
translative	pirossá	pirosakká
terminative	pirosig	pirosakig
essive-formal	pirosként	pirosakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pirosban	pirosakban
superessive	piroson	pirosakon
adessive	pirosnál	pirosaknál
illative	pirosba	pirosakba
sublative	pirosra	pirosakra
allative	piroshoz	pirosakhoz
elative	pirosból	pirosakból
delative	pirosról	pirosakról
ablative	pirostól	pirosaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pirosé	pirosaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	piroséi	pirosakéi

Derived terms

• pirosít
• piroslik
• pirosodik

 

Compound words

• cseresznyepiros
• halványpiros

 

Noun

piros (plural pirosok)

1. red (often specifically a lighter red than vörös)
2. (card games) hearts (a suit in German or Hungarian cards)

   

   Coordinate terms: zöld, makk, tök

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	piros	pirosok
accusative	pirost	pirosokat
dative	pirosnak	pirosoknak
instrumental	pirossal	pirosokkal
causal-final	pirosért	pirosokért
translative	pirossá	pirosokká
terminative	pirosig	pirosokig
essive-formal	pirosként	pirosokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pirosban	pirosokban
superessive	piroson	pirosokon
adessive	pirosnál	pirosoknál
illative	pirosba	pirosokba
sublative	pirosra	pirosokra
allative	piroshoz	pirosokhoz
elative	pirosból	pirosokból
delative	pirosról	pirosokról
ablative	pirostól	pirosoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pirosé	pirosoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	piroséi	pirosokéi

Possessive forms of piros
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pirosom	pirosaim
2nd person sing.	pirosod	pirosaid
3rd person sing.	pirosa	pirosai
1st person plural	pirosunk	pirosaink
2nd person plural	pirosotok	pirosaitok
3rd person plural	pirosuk	pirosaik

See also

Colors in Hungarian · színek (terms that are not originally color names are usually supplemented with színű (“-colored”) or the nearest color name; less common names are marked in small) (layout · text)

fehér	szürke	fekete
piros​/​vörös; karmazsin​/​bíborvörös	narancssárga; barna	(citrom)sárga; krém-/vajszínű
citromzöld	zöld	mentazöld
cián​/​kékeszöld; zöldeskék	azúr(kék)​/​égszínkék	kék
ibolya(sz.); indigó(sz.)​/​kékeslila	bíbor(sz.)​/​bordó; lila	rózsaszín

Further reading

• piros 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

Latin

Noun

pirōs

1. accusative plural of pirus

Spanish

Noun

piros m pl

1. plural of piro