See also: nemit and nemít

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1519. From néma (mute) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈneːmiːt]
  • Hyphenation: né‧mít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb edit

némít

  1. (transitive, chiefly with prefixes) to mute, silence
    Antonym: hangosít
    Perfective: elnémít
    Middle-voice counterpart: (némul →) elnémul

Usage notes edit

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

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

(With verbal prefixes):

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ némít in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading edit