Hungarian

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Etymology

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From fűlik (to dry out; to burn out; to get heated) +‎ -t (causative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fűt

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to heat (to increase the temperature of a space)
    Synonyms: melegít, hevít
    Antonym: hűt
  2. (transitive, figurative) to heat (to excite ardour in; to inflame, as the passions)
    Synonyms: lelkesít, hajt, ösztönöz

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ fűt in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ fűt 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.)

Further reading

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  • fűt 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