elszív

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- (away, off) +‎ szív (to suck, absorb)

Pronunciation

Verb

elszív

  1. (transitive) to suck away, to remove or extract (e.g. bad smell) by sucking it away
  2. (transitive) to smoke or have a cigarette/pipe (to complete smoking it)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to drain (to deplete someone's energy)

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Further reading

  • elszív 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
  • elszív 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).