bocsát

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: bo‧csát
• Rhymes: -aːt

First attested at the end of the 12th century. A loanword from an Oghur Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *boĺo- (“to free, liberate”) which is a derivation from the adjective *boĺ (“empty, free”). Cognate with Turkish boşamak (“to divorce, to end one's own marriage”), Karakhanid بُشُوماقْ (bošūmāq, “to divorce, to get loose”). The ending -t is a causative suffix.

• bocsájt

bocsát

1. (transitive) to let go or pass, to admit to some place (to allow to get somewhere)

   Synonyms: enged, ereszt

2. (transitive) to issue, to discharge, to release, to send out (to cause or help to get somewhere)
3. (transitive) to emit, to emanate, to let out, to let off, to give off (to let out liquid or gas)

   Synonyms: áraszt, kiad

(With verbal prefixes):

bocs (“bear cub”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

bocsát

1. accusative of bocsa

   A medvemama átkíséri a bocsát az úttesten. ― The mama bear escorts her cub across the road.

• bocsát in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bocsát in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).