Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the verb elegyít (to mix) where the el- was thought as a verbal prefix, it was dropped, and the remaining verb was prefixed with v- + -ít. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛɟiːt]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧gyít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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vegyít

  1. (transitive) to mix, to combine something (with something -val/-vel)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ vegyít 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

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  • vegyít 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