ballag

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia expressing the image of slow walking + -ag. First attested in 1504.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒlːɒɡ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lag

Verb

ballag

  1. (intransitive) to walk slowly

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ballagás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beballag
  • elballag
  • hazaballag
  • kiballag
  • leballag
  • visszaballag

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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