suttog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃutːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: sut‧tog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

suttog

  1. (intransitive) to whisper (to speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand)
  2. (transitive) to whisper (to speak in a whisper)
  3. (transitive) to whisper, rumor (of news, gossip, secret information: to mention privately and confidentially)
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, literary) to rustle, whisper (to move with a soft crackling sound, such as leaves in a breeze)
    Synonym: susog

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belesuttog
  • elsuttog
  • odasuttog
  • visszasuttog

References

  1. suttog 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

  • suttog 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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