porond

Hungarian[edit]

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]

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porond (plural porondok)

ring, circus ring (area where circus acts take place)
Synonyms: aréna, manézs
(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.
(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.

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

^ 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.)