fárad

See also: farad and Farad

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *pᴕγrɜ- or *pᴕrkɜ- (“to get tired”) + -ad (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaːrɒd]
  • Hyphenation: fá‧rad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

fárad

  1. (intransitive) to tire, get tired (to become sleepy or weary)
    A vérszegény ember könnyen fárad. ― Someone with anemia may get tired more easily.
  2. (intransitive) to take pains to do something
    Kérem, ne fáradjon! ― Please don’t bother! (don't trouble yourself)
  3. (intransitive) to take pains to do something on someone's behalf (-ért)
    Nagyapa sokat fárad a családért. ― Grandfather works very hard for the family.
  4. (intransitive, formal) to take the trouble to go/proceed somewhere (with lative suffixes)
    Ha fizetni szeretne, kérem, fáradjon a kasszához. ― When you are ready to pay, will you kindly proceed to the cashier.
    Kovács úr, kérem, fáradjon a harmadik emeletre. ― Mr. Kovács, please make your way to the third floor.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átfárad
  • befárad
  • elfárad
  • felfárad
  • fölfárad
  • idefárad
  • kifárad
  • lefárad
  • megfárad
Expressions

References

  1. Entry #1831 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. fárad 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

  • fárad 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
  • fárad in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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