olvad

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *sula (to molten, melted; melt, dissolve) + -ad (frequentative-instantaneous suffix).[1] Cognates include Mansi толуӈкве (toluŋkwe, tol-) and Finnish sulaa.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈolvɒd]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ol‧vad

Verb

olvad

  1. (intransitive) to melt
    olvad a hóthe snow is melting

Conjugation

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References

  1. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  2. Entry #913 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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