Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

illik +‎ -eszt. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈilːɛst]
  • Hyphenation: il‧leszt
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb edit

illeszt

  1. (transitive) to fit, insert, adjust, suit, accommodate something (to, into, onto something: lative suffixes)
    Synonyms: igazít, alkalmaz, alakít, szab (with their verbal prefixes as well, q.v.)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • illeszt 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