inog

Hungarian

Etymology

From the older variant ing (to wobble).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈinoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: inog

Verb

inog

  1. (intransitive, of an object) to wobble, shake (to be unsteady)
    Megnéznéd az asztalt? Megint inog.Can you take a look at the table? It is wobbling again.
    Ingott a lábuk alatt a talaj.The ground was shaking under their feet.
  2. (intransitive) to swing, sway
    Az almafa ingott a viharban.The apple tree was swaying in the wind.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to be in a shaky position

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • meginog

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

  • inog 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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