From ad (“to give”) +‎ -ag (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. First attested in 1824.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdɒɡ]

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡ
• Hyphenation: adag
• Syllabification: a‧dag

adag (plural adagok)

1. portion, serving, helping (allocated amount)
2. (medicine) dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)

   Synonym: dózis

• adag 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.
• adag in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ak/^[1]

From English haddock, assimilated to the suffix -ag.

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

1. haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

1. stook of corn

From Proto-Cushitic *zeeɣ-.

adag (causative adkee)

1. difficult, hard

• Puglielli, Annarita; Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012), “adag”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎^[2], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 33

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