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Hungarian
Etymology
elszán (“to resolve”) + -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix)
Pronunciation
Verb
elszánt
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of elszán
Participle
elszánt
- past participle of elszán
- egy mindenre elszánt ember ― a man determined to do everything (not shrinking from doing anything)
Adjective
elszánt (comparative elszántabb, superlative legelszántabb)
- determined, resolute, decided (possessing much determination)
- Synonyms: eltökélt, határozott
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- (determined, resolute): elszánt 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
- ( to annex by plowing as one’s own; to plow for an extended period of time): elszánt 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
- elszánt 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).