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Hungarian
Etymology
elfogad (“to accept”) + -ható (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: el‧fo‧gad‧ha‧tó
- Rhymes: -toː
Adjective
elfogadható (comparative elfogadhatóbb, superlative legelfogadhatóbb)
- acceptable, plausible
- admissible, understandable
- passable, reasonable, decent, fair, OK
Usage notes
The verbal prefix in these adjectives (in this case, el-) may separate from the rest of the form (whether by reversing the order or with another element wedged in), especially following the sentence focus or with the particles is, nem, sem, and se, for example megtekinthető (“viewable”) → nem tekinthető meg (“cannot be viewed”), itt tekinthető meg (“can be viewed here”), meg is tekinthető (“can be viewed as well”).
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Further reading
- elfogadható 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
- elfogadható 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)