Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ewä (fin)[1] + -ez (verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛvɛz]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: evez
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Verb edit

evez

  1. (transitive) to row, paddle (to propel a boat or other craft over water using oars)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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Expressions

References edit

  1. ^ Entry #138 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ evez 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.)

Further reading edit

  • evez 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
  • evez 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)

Ido edit

Verb edit

evez

  1. imperative of evar