Hungarian

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Etymology

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From either Serbo-Croatian [Term?] or Slovene [Term?]. Compare Czech biřmovat and Polish bierzmować. First attested in 1519.[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːrmaːl]
  • Hyphenation: bér‧mál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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bérmál

  1. (transitive, Christianity) to confirm (to administer the sacrament of confirmation on someone)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ bérmál in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • bérmál 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