Hungarian

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Etymology

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bátortalan (timid) +‎ -ít (causative verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːtortɒlɒniːt]
  • Hyphenation: bá‧tor‧ta‧la‧nít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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bátortalanít

  1. (transitive) to discourage (mainly used with the verbal prefix el-)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • bátortalanít 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)