réges-régen

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

rég (“long ago”) +‎ -es +‎ régen (“long ago”). The word réges is not used independently.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈreːɡɛʃreːɡɛn]
  • Hyphenation: ré‧ges-‧ré‧gen

Adverb

réges-régen

  1. very long ago (at a time in the past, especially the distant past)

Further reading

  • réges-rég 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.
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