veszt

Hungarian

Etymology

From the verb vesz(ik), vész (to perish) + -t (causative suffix).[1] Compare veszít.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛst]
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

veszt

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of veszít
  2. (transitive, archaic, in phrases, mostly with vízbe (into the water)) to kill

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Expressions

References

  1. veszt 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

  • veszt , partly redirecting to veszít 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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