oktat

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete dialectal verb okik (to learn one's lesson) + -tat (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈoktɒt]
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  • Hyphenation: ok‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

oktat

  1. (transitive) to educate, instruct, teach
    Synonyms: tanít, képez

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. oktat 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

  • oktat 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
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