Hungarian

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Etymology

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be- +‎ súg

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛʃuːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: be‧súg
  • Rhymes: -uːɡ

Verb

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besúg

  1. (transitive) to inform against, denounce (to act as an informer)
  2. (transitive, rare) to whisper into something (e.g. door, window, room)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • besúg 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
  • besúg in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).