Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the obsolete verb met (to cut out, carve) +‎ -sz (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

metsz

  1. (transitive) to cut, to incise
  2. (transitive) to prune (a plant, such as a tree)
  3. (transitive, geometry) to intersect, to cross

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

(With verbal prefixes):

References edit

  1. ^ metsz in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit

  • metsz 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