roskatag

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from roskad + -atag (adjective-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroʃkɒtɒɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ros‧ka‧tag

Adjective

roskatag (comparative roskatagabb, superlative legroskatagabb)

  1. dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle
  2. (of a person) decrepit

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative roskatag roskatagok
accusative roskatagot roskatagokat
dative roskatagnak roskatagoknak
instrumental roskataggal roskatagokkal
causal-final roskatagért roskatagokért
translative roskataggá roskatagokká
terminative roskatagig roskatagokig
essive-formal roskatagként roskatagokként
essive-modal
inessive roskatagban roskatagokban
superessive roskatagon roskatagokon
adessive roskatagnál roskatagoknál
illative roskatagba roskatagokba
sublative roskatagra roskatagokra
allative roskataghoz roskatagokhoz
elative roskatagból roskatagokból
delative roskatagról roskatagokról
ablative roskatagtól roskatagoktól

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
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