dadog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒdoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: da‧dog

Verb

dadog

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to stutter, stammer, falter (to speak with pauses, either due to a medical condition or due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dadogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • eldadog

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

Further reading

  • dadog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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