Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1838. From semleges (neutral) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix), from sem +‎ -leges.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛmlɛɡɛʃiːt]
  • Hyphenation: sem‧le‧ge‧sít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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semlegesít

  1. (transitive) to neutralize (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
    Az ellenszer semlegesítette a mérget.The antidote neutralised the toxin.
  2. (transitive, politics) to neutralize (to make a territory politically neutral)
  3. (transitive, chemistry) to neutralize (to make an acidic or alkaline substance chemically neutral)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ semlegesít in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ semlegesít 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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