# szeg
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛɡ]
* Hyphenation: szeg
* Rhymes: -ɛɡ

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćäŋkɜ or *śäŋkɜ. Compare Proto-Finnic *sänki (“stubble”) and descendants.

#### Verb

szeg
* (transitive) to hem, to fringe
    Synonym: beszeg
* (transitive) to cut (especially bread)
    Synonyms: megszeg, vág, szel
* (transitive) to break, contravene (a rule or the law)
    Synonyms: megszeg, megsért, áthág
* (transitive) to break (one’s word, promise, or oath)

##### Derived terms

* szegély
* szegődik (debated)
(With verbal prefixes):
* beszeg
* elszeg
* felszeg
* fölszeg
* hátraszeg
* kiszeg
* körülszeg
* leszeg
* megszeg
* végigszeg
* kedvét szegi

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Ugric *seŋkɜ (“wedge”).
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the etymon "wedge" analyzable as the noun resulting from the action of verb szeg? → "that which is broken off: a piece, a wedge (of something)". Curious if the Proto-Uralic *śäŋkɜ (“to break”, verb) and Proto-Ugric *seŋkɜ (“wedge”, noun) might be an example of a kind of ablaut...”

#### Noun

szeg (plural szegek)
* Alternative form of szög (“nail”, spike-shaped metal fastener)

##### Derived terms

* szegecs
* szegel
* szegez
* szegfű
* szegfűszeg

### Etymology 3

Probably a native word, a semantic variant (doublet) of the noun szeg (“nail”), specifically of its original Proto-Ugric meaning of “wedge” in the sense of a wedge-like projection, corner, wedge-shaped area. It is becoming obsolete even in dialectal usage. In modern Hungarian, mainly its derivative szeglet (“corner”) is used.

#### Noun

szeg (plural szegek)
* (regional, archaic) nook
    Synonyms: zug, szeglet
* (obsolete) part, section (chiefly of a settlement)

##### Derived terms

* félszeg
* szeglet
* szegről-végről
* sziget

### References

* 1 2 3 szeg in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
* ↑ Entry #56 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* 1 2 3 szeg 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.)
* ↑ Entry #1848 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ Szókincsháló [Vocabulary Net]‎, 2017 January 26 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 November 2020

### Further reading

* (to fringe, to slice): szeg 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
* (nail): szeg 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
* (nook, corner): szeg 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