piros

See also: Piros

Aromanian

Alternative forms
  • pirosu

Etymology

From per +‎ -os or from Latin pilōsus. Compare Romanian păros.

Adjective

piros

  1. hairy

Hungarian

Etymology

There are two interpretations by two different sources:

  1. From the same unattested stem as in pirít +‎ -os (“adjective-forming suffix”).[1]
  2. From pír (“blush”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpiroʃ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ros
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

piros (comparative pirosabb, superlative legpirosabb)

  1. red (often specifically a lighter red than vörös)
    Coordinate term: (darker red) vörös

Usage notes

"In Hungarian, piros […is] associated with blood inside the body, […] whereas vörös is associated with blood spilled […and] the fact that after a while, blood spilled tends to get darker could explain the inclusion of darker shades in vörös."[2] Common collocations include piros lap (red card in football), piros rózsa (red rose) and piros tojás (red egg, given by a girl to a boy during Easter).[2]

Declension

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

Derived terms
Compound words

Noun

piros (plural pirosok)

  1. red (often specifically a lighter red than vörös)
  2. (card games) hearts (a suit in German or Hungarian cards)
    Coordinate terms: zöld, makk, tök

Declension

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

Possessive forms of piros
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pirosom pirosaim
2nd person sing. pirosod pirosaid
3rd person sing. pirosa pirosai
1st person plural pirosunk pirosaink
2nd person plural pirosotok pirosaitok
3rd person plural pirosuk pirosaik

See also
Colors in Hungarian · színek (terms that are not originally color names are usually supplemented with színű (“-colored”) or the nearest color name; less common names are marked in small) (layout · text)
     fehér      szürke      fekete
             Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)​/​vörös; karmazsin​/​bíborvörös              narancssárga; barna              (citrom)sárga; krém-/vajszínű
             citromzöld              zöld              mentazöld
             cián​/​kékeszöld; zöldeskék              azúr(kék)​/​égszínkék              kék
             ibolya(sz.); indigó(sz.)​/​kékeslila              bíbor(sz.)​/​bordó; lila              rózsaszín

References
  1. piros 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.)
  2. 2006, Anna Wierzbicka, The Semantics of Colour: A New Paradigm, in Progress in Colour Studies (IBSN 90 272 3239 3), pages 11 and 12

Further reading
  • piros 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

Latin

Noun

pirōs

  1. accusative plural of pirus

Spanish

Noun

piros m pl

  1. plural of piro
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