Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃutːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: sut‧tog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

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suttog

  1. (intransitive) to whisper (to speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand)
  2. (transitive) to whisper (to speak in a whisper)
  3. (transitive) to whisper, rumor (of news, gossip, secret information: to mention privately and confidentially)
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, literary) to rustle, whisper (to move with a soft crackling sound, such as leaves in a breeze)
    Synonym: susog

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ suttog 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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  • suttog 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