hervad

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric or Proto-Uralic + -ad (frequentative suffix). Compare Proto-Uralic *korpe- (to burn, be burnt, be scorched).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛrvɒd]
  • Hyphenation: her‧vad

Verb

hervad

  1. (intransitive, of plant, face, beauty) to fade, wither, droop, languish

Conjugation

Derived terms

With verbal prefixes
  • elhervad
  • lehervad
  • meghervad

References

  1. Entry #362 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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