Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric *ćuŋkɜ-, *(ćuŋkɜ-rɜ-) (shrink, shrivel (up)) [1] + -ít (frequentative-causative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒuɡoriːt]
  • Hyphenation: zsu‧go‧rít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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zsugorít

  1. (transitive) to shrink

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #1736 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ zsugorít 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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