Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the savany- stem of savanyú (sour) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɒvɒɲiːt]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧nyít
  • Rhymes: -iːt
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Verb

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savanyít

  1. (transitive) to sour (to cause to taste sour)
  2. (transitive) to pickle (to preserve food in a solution, such that it acquires a sour taste)
    Hypernym: tartósít

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ savanyít 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.)

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