Hungarian

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Etymology

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lebukik +‎ -tat (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛbuktɒt]
  • Hyphenation: le‧buk‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

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lebuktat

  1. (transitive) to cause someone to tumble down physically from a higher place to a lower place
  2. (transitive) to plunge, dip, submerge (to immerse someone under water)
  3. (transitive, figuratively, usually derogatory) to grass on someone (to get someone arrested, to betray by informing on)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • lebuktat 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