Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the same alk- stem as alkuszik (to bargain) + -t (instantaneous suffix).[1] The original stem is probably related to Hungarian alkalom (opportunity) and alku (deal), and it may also be related to Hungarian olt (to vaccinate), which may derive from Proto-Uralic *alɜ- (to add/fasten to something, fit).[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlkot]
  • Hyphenation: al‧kot
  • Rhymes: -ot

Verb edit

alkot

  1. (transitive) to create (especially something creative, imaginative, and originative)
    Synonyms: készít, csinál, létrehoz, képez, kialakít
  2. (transitive) to make, make up, form, compose, constitute
    Synonyms: kitesz, (the latter with -ból/-ből for the constituents) áll

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ alkot 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.)
  2. ^ Entry #1721 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading edit

  • alkot 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
  • alkot 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)