gyenge

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1] But compared to Chuvash ҫӑмӑл (śămăl), Kyrgyz жеңил (jeŋil), Turkish yeğni, all of which are from Proto-Turkic *yeŋgül.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɟɛŋɡɛ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: gyen‧ge
  • Rhymes: -ɡɛ

Adjective

gyenge (comparative gyengébb, superlative leggyengébb)

  1. weak
    Antonym: erős

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Compound words
  • gyengeáram
  • gyengeelméjű
  • gyengekezű
  • gyengeszívű
Expressions

Noun

gyenge (plural gyengék)

  1. (chiefly with a possessive suffix) failing, weakness, defect, foible (especially something hard to resist or a mistake one is prone to make)
    Synonym: (weakness in general) gyengeség
    Antonym: erősség

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of gyenge
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gyengém gyengéim
2nd person sing. gyengéd gyengéid
3rd person sing. gyengéje gyengéi
1st person plural gyengénk gyengéink
2nd person plural gyengétek gyengéitek
3rd person plural gyengéjük gyengéik

References
  1. gyenge in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • gyenge in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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