Betegséges

Betegséges is a Hungarian adjective meaning diseased, disease-related, or morbid in nature. It is formed from the noun betegsé g (disease) with the suffix -es, and it typically carries a formal or somewhat literary or technical tone. The term describes something connected with illness or disease, including people, animals, plants, or abstract states that exhibit pathological characteristics.

In medical or biological contexts, betegséges is used to label conditions, tissues, or organisms affected by disease, as in betegséges állapot (diseased state) or betegséges növény (diseased plant). It can also appear in farm or plant pathology to indicate disease-prone situations or environments. Beyond strict technical usage, the word may appear in descriptive or narrative prose to convey a sense of pathology or unhealthy qualities, though it is less common in everyday speech where beteg or beteges (more commonly used) might be preferred.

Nuanced usage includes distinguishing betegséges from other related terms: beteg simply refers to a person who is ill, while betegséges emphasizes the state or condition associated with disease; egészséges denotes the opposite, healthy. The adjective can carry a slightly somber or clinical connotation, and its exact nuance depends on context and register.

See also: beteg, betegsé g, betegséges állapot, egészséges.