Vágva

Vágva is a Hungarian linguistic form derived from the verb vág, meaning to cut. It is used as a past participle in ways that describe a state resulting from cutting, most often as an adverbial or predicative participle. In standard usage it appears in constructions with auxiliary verbs to indicate a completed action or a resulting condition, such as when something has been cut or cut up.

Morphologically, vágva is formed by adding the suffix -va/-ve to the verb stem vág. It is distinct from the attributive past participle vágott; while vágott functions as an adjective meaning “cut” in a direct descriptor (for example, vágott kenyér = sliced bread), vágva typically occurs in periphrastic phrases with a copula or auxiliary verb to express a state, such as has been cut.

Common contexts for vágva include cooking, food processing, and manufacturing, where the emphasis is on the result of cutting rather than on describing the item itself. It can appear in phrases like a hús fel van vágva (the meat has been cut up) or similar constructions that convey a finished cutting action without naming the manner of cutting.

In summary, vágva is the adverbial/predicative past participle form of vág, used to denote that something has undergone cutting, and it is distinguished from the attributive adjective vágott, which directly describes a cut item.

See also: vágni, vágott kenyér, határozói igenév (adverbial participle).