hervad

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric or Proto-Uralic + -ad (“frequentative suffix”). Compare Proto-Uralic *korpe- (“to burn, be burnt, be scorched”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛrvɒd]
  • Hyphenation: her‧vad

Verb

hervad

  1. (intransitive, of plant, face, beauty) to fade, wither, droop, languish

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Entry #362 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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