alig-alig

Hungarian

Etymology

alig (“barely”) +‎ alig (“barely”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒliɡɒliɡ]
  • Hyphenation: alig-‧alig
  • Rhymes: -iɡ

Adverb

alig-alig

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely (to a limited extent)
    Alig-alig látok. ― I can barely see.
  2. with difficulty
    A két jelenséget alig-alig lehet megkülönböztetni. ― It's very hard to distinguish the two kinds of phenomena.
  3. barely (to emphasize the smallness of the named quantity or measure)
    Itt van mellettem, alig-alig egy méterre tőlem. ― It is right next to me, barely a meter from me.

Further reading

  • alig-alig 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.
  • alig-alig 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).
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