Hungarian

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Etymology

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legel (to graze) +‎ -tet (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡɛltɛt]
  • Hyphenation: le‧gel‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

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legeltet

  1. (transitive) causative of legel: to graze (to feed or supply with grass)
    • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, translated by John Ridland, János vitéz[1], chapter 1, stanza 2, lines 1-2:
      Szerelem tüze ég fiatal szivében, / Ugy legelteti a nyájt a faluvégen.
      With fiery young love his heart is blazing. / At the edge of the village his sheep are grazing.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • legeltet 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