rongy

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *raćɜ (“rag”). Possibly from Turkic, compare Old Turkic [script needed] (uruŋu), Proto-Slavic *xorǫgy, Mongolian оронго (orongo). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈroɲɟ] Hyphenation: rongy Rhymes: -oɲɟ === Noun === rongy (plural rongyok) cloth (a piece of cloth used for cleaning) rag, shred, tatter (a shred of torn cloth) rag (tattered clothes) (by extension, colloquial) clothes Nincs egy rongyom, amit felvegyek. ― I have nothing to wear. (literally: I don't have a rag to wear.) (slang) grand (a thousand forint banknote) (colloquial) scum, bastard (a reprehensible, morally depraved person) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === rongy (comparative rongyabb, superlative legrongyabb) (colloquial, derogatory) good-for-nothing, useless, worthless Synonyms: hitvány, silány, értéktelen, vacak rongy alak ― rotter, cad rongy idő ― awful weather ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === rongy 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.