zúg

See also: zug and Zug

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as zúdít (to pour) and zúdul (to come pouring, rushing) + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzuːɡ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zúg

Verb

zúg

  1. (intransitive) to rumble, buzz, hum
  2. (transitive, literary) to shout, to say something in a frightening, loud voice
    • 1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales):
      Fülembe zúgja átkait / A welszi lakoma
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

Derived terms

With verbal prefixes
  • átzúg
  • belezúg
  • bezúg
  • elzúg
  • felzúg
  • idezúg
  • keresztülzúg
  • lezúg
  • telezúg
  • túlzúg
  • utánazúg
  • végigzúg
  • visszazúg

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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