róla

See also: rola, rolá, rôla, and roľa

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian adverb ról (from) + -a (third-person singular possessive suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroːlɒ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ró‧la

Adverb

róla

  1. about him/her/it
    Mindenki róla beszél.Everybody is talking about her.
    Róla még nem írtak könyvet.No book was written about him yet.
    A kedvenc városom Budapest. Szeretek beszélni róla.My favorite city is Budapest. I love to talk about it.
  2. off him/her/it
    Az asztal túlzsúfolt. Vedd le róla a virágvázákat.The table is too busy. Take the flower vases off (it).

Declension

See also

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

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrouːla/
  • Rhymes: -ouːla

Noun

róla f (genitive singular rólu, nominative plural rólur)

  1. swing (in a playground)

Declension

Verb

róla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rólaði, supine rólað)

  1. (reflexive) to swing (ride on a swing)
  2. to rock, to sway

Conjugation

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