dolog
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian. Compare Serbo-Croatian dug (“debt”), Slovak dlh (“debt”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dolog (plural dolgok)
- thing, object
- affair, business, matter
- task, work, job, duty, responsibility
- fate, (good or bad) time
- a matter or question of (something) (used with abstract concepts like honour or taste)
- Synonym: kérdés
Usage notes
[edit]Except for meanings (1) and (2), it is usually used with possessive endings: dolgom, dolgod, dolga etc. (see the chart below).
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dolog | dolgok |
| accusative | dolgot | dolgokat |
| dative | dolognak | dolgoknak |
| instrumental | dologgal | dolgokkal |
| causal-final | dologért | dolgokért |
| translative | dologgá | dolgokká |
| terminative | dologig | dolgokig |
| essive-formal | dologként | dolgokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | dologban | dolgokban |
| superessive | dolgon | dolgokon |
| adessive | dolognál | dolgoknál |
| illative | dologba | dolgokba |
| sublative | dologra | dolgokra |
| allative | dologhoz | dolgokhoz |
| elative | dologból | dolgokból |
| delative | dologról | dolgokról |
| ablative | dologtól | dolgoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
dologé | dolgoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
dologéi | dolgokéi |
| 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
[edit]Compound words
Expressions
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Batak *dələg.
Noun
[edit]dolog
References
[edit]- Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p.48.
Categories:
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hungarian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰlegʰ-
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Slavic languages
- Hungarian terms derived from Slavic languages
- Hungarian terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/oɡ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/oɡ/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian terms with usage examples
- Hungarian nouns with alternating stems
- Simalungun Batak terms inherited from Proto-Batak
- Simalungun Batak terms derived from Proto-Batak
- Simalungun Batak lemmas
- Simalungun Batak nouns