borogat

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as borít + -ogat (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboroɡɒt]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ro‧gat

Verb

borogat

  1. (transitive, medicine) to compress, foment or put on a cold compress
  2. (transitive, frequentative) to overturn, tip, capsize, upset many things, one after the other
    A viharos szél kukákat borogatott.The stormy wind overturned garbage cans.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beborogat
  • felborogat
  • fölborogat
  • kiborogat

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
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