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Hungarian
Etymology
egy (“one”) + -et (accusative case suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: eggyet)
- Hyphenation: egyet
Numeral
egyet
- accusative of egy
Derived terms
Adverb
egyet (not comparable)
- expressing a semelfactive sense, a short and/or single instance of the action implied in the verb, cf. “to have/take/make a…”, “to give (it) a…”
- nyel egyet ― to gulp (chiefly: to react nervously by swallowing)
- Sétáljunk egyet! ― Let’s take a walk.
Further reading
- (adverb): sense II. II. in (1): egy 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
- (adverb): sense 5c. in egy in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)