elejt

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ ejt

Pronunciation

Verb

elejt

  1. (transitive) to drop (to let something or someone fall by accident, due to clumsiness)
    Elejtette a tányért.He/she dropped the plate.
  2. (transitive, literary, of a larger animal or enemy) to kill, bag
    Synonyms: leterít, megöl
  3. (transitive, of a comment or word) to drop (to make a brief remark in passing)
  4. (transitive, law, of a charge) to withdraw, drop, dismiss
    A bíró elejtett minden vádat.The judge dismissed all charges.
  5. (transitive, figuratively) to abandon, give up (a plan)
  6. (transitive, archaic) to foil, thwart, frustrate, derail, prevent (something from succeeding)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • elejt 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
  • elejt 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).