apaszt

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Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šoppɜ- (*šappɜ-) [1] + -aszt (causative verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

apaszt

  1. (transitive) to decrease, reduce, lessen (to bring down the size, quantity of something)
    Middle-voice counterpart: apad

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Entry #1009 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ apaszt 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

  • apaszt 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
  • apaszt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).