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dolog

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian. Compare Serbo-Croatian dug (debt), Slovak dlh (debt).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdoloɡ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧log
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Noun

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dolog (plural dolgok)

  1. thing, object
    Synonyms: tárgy, holmi
  2. affair, business, matter
    Synonyms: ügy, téma, kérdés
  3. task, work, job, duty, responsibility
    Synonyms: feladat, munka, tennivaló
  4. fate, (good or bad) time
    Synonyms: sors, sor, élet, körülmény, helyzet
    dolga vans/he has it good (s/he is in a favorable situation)
  5. a matter or question of (something) (used with abstract concepts like honour or taste)
    Synonym: kérdés

Usage notes

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Except for meanings (1) and (2), it is usually used with possessive endings: dolgom, dolgod, dolga etc. (see the chart below).

Declension

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Possessive forms of dolog
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dolgom dolgaim
2nd person sing. dolgod dolgaid
3rd person sing. dolga dolgai
1st person plural dolgunk dolgaink
2nd person plural dolgotok dolgaitok
3rd person plural dolguk dolgaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ dolog 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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  • dolog 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.
  • dolog in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Simalungun Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Batak *dələg.

Noun

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dolog

  1. mountain

References

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