adag

See also: adag.

Hungarian

Etymology

ad +‎ -ag, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒdɒɡ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: adag
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

adag (plural adagok)

  1. portion, serving, helping (allocated amount)
  2. (medicine) dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
    Synonym: dózis

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative adag adagok
accusative adagot adagokat
dative adagnak adagoknak
instrumental adaggal adagokkal
causal-final adagért adagokért
translative adaggá adagokká
terminative adagig adagokig
essive-formal adagként adagokként
essive-modal
inessive adagban adagokban
superessive adagon adagokon
adessive adagnál adagoknál
illative adagba adagokba
sublative adagra adagokra
allative adaghoz adagokhoz
elative adagból adagokból
delative adagról adagokról
ablative adagtól adagoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
adagé adagoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
adagéi adagokéi
Possessive forms of adag
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. adagom adagjaim
2nd person sing. adagod adagjaid
3rd person sing. adagja adagjai
1st person plural adagunk adagjaink
2nd person plural adagotok adagjaitok
3rd person plural adagjuk adagjaik

Derived terms

Compound words
  • alapadag
  • élelmiszeradag
  • fejadag
  • kenyéradag
  • kisadag
  • nagyadag
  • pótadag
  • zónaadag

Further reading

  • adag in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • adag in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat̪ak/[1]

Etymology 1

From English haddock, assimilated to the suffix -ag.

Noun

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

  1. haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Etymology 2

Noun

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

  1. stook of corn

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *zeeɣ-.

Adjective

adag

  1. difficult, hard

References

  • Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “adag”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga[2], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 33