Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

be- +‎ fogad

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛfoɡɒd]
  • Hyphenation: be‧fo‧gad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb edit

befogad

  1. (transitive) to receive into, to house, to lodge, to take in, to adopt
  2. (transitive) to hold, to accommodate, to admit

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Further reading edit

  • befogad 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
  • befogad in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Superficially the past participle of now archaic verb befoga. Likely borrowed from German befugt. Compare Dutch bevoegd and Danish beføjet.

Adjective edit

befogad (not comparable)

  1. justifiable, well-founded, warranted

Declension edit

Inflection of befogad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular befogad
Neuter singular befogat
Plural befogade
Masculine plural3 befogade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 befogade
All befogade
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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