vág

See also: vag, väg, and våg

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *waŋke- (to strike, cut) or perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waŋɜ (to strike, cut).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːɡ]
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Verb

vág

  1. (transitive) to cut
    Synonyms: hasít, metsz, metél, nyes, nyír, nyisszant, szel
  2. (transitive) to throw (forcefully, violently)
    Synonyms: dob, hajít, hány, vet
  3. (transitive) to hit, to slap (e.g. on the face)
    Synonyms: csap, üt, ver
  4. (transitive, slang) to know, to understand
    Synonyms: ért, tud
  5. (transitive) to make (some facial expression)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

References

  1. Entry #1119 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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