Hungarian

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Etymology

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From ki- (out) +‎ bogoz (to untie, loosen), from bog (knot) +‎ -oz (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkiboɡoz]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧bo‧goz
  • Rhymes: -oz
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Verb

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kibogoz (transitive)

  1. (literally) to undo, to untie, to unravel, to untangle (knot, string, thread etc.)
    Synonyms: kibont, kiold, szétbont
  2. (figuratively) to disentangle, to puzzle out, to resolve, to unravel, to untangle (to remove confusion or mystery from)
    Synonyms: megfejt, megold

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kibogoz 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