See also: supped

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric *čeppɜ- (to sink in/into) + -ed (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃypːɛd]
  • Hyphenation: süp‧ped
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

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süpped

  1. (intransitive, with -ba/-be) to sink into/down (to descend slowly into a soft material/object)
    Synonym: süllyed
    A beteg a puha párnába süppedt.The patient sunk down into the soft pillow.
  2. (intransitive, of a person, with -ba/-be) to sink into, slump
    Az orvos az asztalához ment és a székébe süppedt.The doctor went to his desk and sunk into his chair.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to sink, subside, lapse into
    Synonym: merül
    A hosszú beszélgetés után mély hallgatásba süppedtünk.After the long conversation we lapsed into a deep silence.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ Entry #1742 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ süpped 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

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  • süpped 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