bepótol

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Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ pótol

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: be‧pó‧tol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

bepótol

  1. (transitive, proscribed) to make up (for something -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
    Majd bepótolom az elveszett időt holnap.I will make up for the lost time tomorrow.

Usage notes

According to the purist views, the verb pótol is preferable on its own (without a prefix) as it has a perfective sense already.[1][2]

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ The entry of bepótol in Grétsy, László and Gábor Kemény, editors. Nyelvművelő kéziszótár (“Concise Dictionary for Language Cultivation”). Second, revised and extended edition. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN (p. 86 in this PDF)
  2. ^ Marked with as asterisk as kerülendő in bepótol 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

Further reading

  • bepótol 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
  • bepótol 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).