Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Superficially el- +‎ lehetetlenít but the latter form is rarely ever used without this prefix, so it can be analyzed as el- (away, here expressing privation) +‎ lehetetlen (impossible) +‎ -ít (causative suffix) instead.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlːɛhɛtɛtlɛniːt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧le‧he‧tet‧le‧nít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb edit

ellehetetlenít

  1. (transitive) to make something unviable
  2. (transitive) to make someone’s position untenable, mock someone (to tantalize and disappoint the hopes of)

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • ellehetetlenít 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)