Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From elhisz (to believe, consider/accept as true) +‎ -tet (causative suffix) or el- +‎ hitet (from the hi- stem of hisz (to believe) in either case).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɦitɛt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧hi‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb edit

elhitet

  1. (transitive) to make someone (-val/-vel) believe something, fool someone into believing, put across to someone (convince by deceit)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • elhitet 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
  • elhitet 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)