fárad

See also: farad and Farad

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *pȣγrɜ- or *pȣrkɜ- (to get tired) + -ad (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaːrɒd]
  • Hyphenation: fá‧rad

Verb

fárad

  1. (intransitive) to tire, get tired (to become sleepy or weary)
    A vérszegény ember könnyen fárad.Someone with anemia may get tired more easily.
  2. (intransitive) to take pains to do something
    Kérem, ne fáradjon!Please don't bother! (don't trouble yourself)
  3. (intransitive) to take pains to do something on someone's behalf (-ért)
    Nagyapa sokat fárad a családért.Grandfather works very hard for the family.
  4. (intransitive, formal) to take the trouble to go/proceed somewhere (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ra/-re)
    Ha fizetni szeretne, kérem, fáradjon a kasszához.When you are ready to pay, will you kindly proceed to the cashier.
    Kovács úr, kérem, fáradjon a harmadik emeletre.Mr. Kovács, please walk to the third floor.

Conjugation

Derived terms

With verbal prefixes
  • befárad
  • elfárad
  • kifárad
  • lefárad
  • megfárad
Expressions

References

  1. Entry #1831 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. 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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