porond

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *prǭdъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian prud (sandbank), Slovene prod (gravel), Slovak prúd (stream, flow, current), Polish prąd (flow, current), Russian пруд (prud, pond).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈporond]
  • Hyphenation: po‧rond
  • Rhymes: -ond
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Noun

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porond (plural porondok)

  1. ring, circus ring (area where circus acts take place)
    Synonyms: aréna, manézs
  2. (historical) ring, arena (sand-covered circular area for combat sports, such as in an amphitheater)
    Synonyms: aréna, küzdőtér
    A gladiátorok küzdöttek a porondon.The gladiators fought in the arena.
  3. (figurative) arena, stage
    Synonym: aréna
    A kormánynak kell kiállnia a nemzet érdekei mellett a nemzetközi porondon.The government must stand up for the nation's interests in the international arena.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative porond porondok
accusative porondot porondokat
dative porondnak porondoknak
instrumental poronddal porondokkal
causal-final porondért porondokért
translative poronddá porondokká
terminative porondig porondokig
essive-formal porondként porondokként
essive-modal
inessive porondban porondokban
superessive porondon porondokon
adessive porondnál porondoknál
illative porondba porondokba
sublative porondra porondokra
allative porondhoz porondokhoz
elative porondból porondokból
delative porondról porondokról
ablative porondtól porondoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
porondé porondoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
porondéi porondokéi
Possessive forms of porond
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. porondom porondjaim
2nd person sing. porondod porondjaid
3rd person sing. porondja porondjai
1st person plural porondunk porondjaink
2nd person plural porondotok porondjaitok
3rd person plural porondjuk porondjaik

References

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  1. ^ porond in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • porond 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