Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the hev- stem of (heat) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛviːt]
  • Hyphenation: he‧vít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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hevít

  1. (transitive) to heat (to make something hot)
    Synonym: melegít
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to fire, incite, stimulate (to excite ardor or zeal in)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^  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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  • hevít 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