Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

be- +‎ súg

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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 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)