See also: elvét and Elvet

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧vet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

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el- +‎ vet

Verb

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elvet

  1. (transitive) to cast away, to throw away
    Synonyms: eldob, elhajít
  2. (by extension, transitive, figurative) to reject, throw out, dismiss, rule out (to reject an option from a list of possibilities)
    Synonyms: elutasít, kizár
  3. (transitive) to sow (to plant seeds)
    Synonyms: vet, ültet, elültet
Conjugation
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Expressions

Etymology 2

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elv (principle) +‎ -et (accusative suffix)

Noun

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elvet

  1. accusative singular of elv

Further reading

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  • elvet 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
  • elvet in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)