savanyít

Hungarian

Etymology

From the savany- stem of savanyú (sour) + -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɒvɒɲiːt]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧nyít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

savanyít

  1. (transitive) to sour (to cause to taste sour)
  2. (transitive) to pickle (to preserve food in a solution, such that it acquires a sour taste)
    Hypernym: tartósít

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • savanyítás
  • savanyítható
  • savanyított

(With verbal prefixes):

  • besavanyít
  • megsavanyít

References

  1. savanyít 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

  • savanyít 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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