See also: Zenit, zénit, ženit, and ženiť

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zenit m (plural zenits)

  1. zenith

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zenit

  1. zenith

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Borrowed from Latin zenit.

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zenit m inan

  1. zenith
    Synonym: nadhlavník

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  • zenit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zenit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Borrowed from Latin cenit (see further there).

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zenit

  1. (uncountable) zenith

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Borrowed from Latin cenit, from Old Spanish [Term?], from Arabic سَمْت (samt).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːnɪt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧nit

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zenit n (uncountable)

  1. (astronomy) zenith

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 zenit on Hungarian Wikipedia

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Borrowed from German Zenit,[1] from Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, direction, path) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, direction of the head).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛnit]
  • Hyphenation: ze‧nit
  • Rhymes: -it
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zenit (plural zenitek)

  1. (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir)
  2. (figuratively) zenith (highest point or state; peak)
    Synonyms: csúcspont, tetőpont

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative zenit zenitek
accusative zenitet zeniteket
dative zenitnek zeniteknek
instrumental zenittel zenitekkel
causal-final zenitért zenitekért
translative zenitté zenitekké
terminative zenitig zenitekig
essive-formal zenitként zenitekként
essive-modal
inessive zenitben zenitekben
superessive zeniten zeniteken
adessive zenitnél zeniteknél
illative zenitbe zenitekbe
sublative zenitre zenitekre
allative zenithez zenitekhez
elative zenitből zenitekből
delative zenitről zenitekről
ablative zenittől zenitektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
zenité zeniteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
zenitéi zenitekéi
Possessive forms of zenit
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zenitem zenitjeim
2nd person sing. zenited zenitjeid
3rd person sing. zenitje zenitjei
1st person plural zenitünk zenitjeink
2nd person plural zenitetek zenitjeitek
3rd person plural zenitjük zenitjeik

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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  • zenit 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

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zenit (first-person possessive zenitku, second-person possessive zenitmu, third-person possessive zenitnya)

  1. zenith

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From Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, direction, path) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, direction of the head).

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.nit/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnit
  • Hyphenation: zè‧nit

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zenit m

  1. (astronomy) zenith

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Borrowed from Old Spanish zenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt), from Aramaic סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, from Proto-Italic *sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European *swé + *mey- + *-tós.

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zenit m inan

  1. (astronomy) zenith (point vertically above a position or observer)
    Synonym: apogeum
    Antonym: nadir
  2. (astronomy) zenith (highest point reached by a celestial body)
  3. zenith (highest point or state; peak)
    Synonyms: maks, maksimum
    Antonym: minimum

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  • zenit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zenit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Borrowed from French zénith.

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zenit n (uncountable)

  1. zenith

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  • IPA(key): /zěniːt/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧nit

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zènīt m (Cyrillic spelling зѐнӣт)

  1. zenith

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zenit m (plural zenit)

  1. Alternative spelling of cenit

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zenit n

  1. (astronomy) zenith