Hungarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the obsolete nominal üdvöz (greeted, soluted) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈydvøziːt]
  • Hyphenation: üd‧vö‧zít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb edit

üdvözít

  1. (transitive, intransitive, religion) to save, work the salvation of someone
  2. (transitive, figurative, literary) to beatify (to confer someone great happiness)
  3. (transitive, figurative, higher register) to facilitate, assist (to help effectively, get someone to some goal)

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References edit

  1. ^ üdvözít in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
  2. ^ üdvözít 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.)

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