Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia + -aszt (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒibːɒst]
  • Hyphenation: zsib‧baszt
  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

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zsibbaszt

  1. (transitive) to make numb

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ zsibbaszt 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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