alászolgája
Hungarian
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Alternative forms
- alásszolgája
Etymology
Shortened from alázatos szolgája (“your humble servant”), calque of Latin servus humillimus.[1] See also the similar etymology at szervusz and csaó.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlaːsolɡaːjɒ]
- Hyphenation: alá‧szol‧gá‧ja
- Rhymes: -jɒ
Interjection
alászolgája
- (formal, archaic) at your service
- Synonym: szolgálatára
- (formal, dated) hello, your servant
- Synonym: kezét csókolom
- (formal, dated) goodbye
- we're done, it's over, finished, that's all (to cut off a heated argument)
References
- alászolgája 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
- alászolgája 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
- alászolgája 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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