Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

halk (soft, low [volume of voice/sound]) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlkiːt]
  • Hyphenation: hal‧kít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb edit

halkít

  1. (transitive, chiefly with prefixes) to turn down (the volume of…), lower (one’s voice)
    Antonym: hangosít
    Perfective: lehalkít
    Middle-voice counterpart: (halkul →) elhalkul

Usage notes edit

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

(With verbal prefixes):

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • halkít 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