öreg

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From Proto-Ugric *üräŋɜ (“big, old”), whence also Proto-Khanty *ürǝɣ (> Northern Khanty ар (ar, “much, many”)) and Proto-Mansi *ärǝɣ (> Northern Mansi арыг (aryg, “extra, excess”)), derived from Proto-Uralic *ürä- (“big, old”) (whence Proto-Samoyedic *iräj (“grandfather”)). Alternatively, and less likely, from a Turkic language. Compare Turkish iri, Erzya сыре (sïre). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈørɛɡ] Hyphenation: öreg Rhymes: -ɛɡ === Adjective === öreg (comparative öregebb, superlative legöregebb) (chiefly of people) old (not young, having existed or lived for a long time; compare régi (“not new”)) Synonyms: idős, agg, vén, koros, éltes Antonyms: fiatal, ifjú Az öreg halász és a tenger ― The Old Man and the Sea (a novella by Ernest Hemingway) (dialectal, archaic) great, big, grand Synonym: nagy öreg hiba ― big mistake öregujj ― big toe öregszülő ― grandparent (regional, of food) dense Synonym: sűrű (folksy, of times of day) late Synonym: késő öreg este ― late evening ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === öreg (plural öregek) old person (colloquial) the leader of a community (often with a possessive suffix) (colloquial) one’s parents, old man or old lady (with a first-person possessive suffix) (colloquial) man, bro (form of address for a person of roughly equal age and status) Synonym: öcsém ==== Declension ==== === See also === régi === References === === Further reading === öreg in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.