enged

Uncertain. Possibly from a Turkic language + -ed (frequentative-instantaneous suffix).^[1] Róna-Tas proposes a borrowing from West Old Turkic *äŋ-, which would occur before Hungarians migrated to Carpathian basin in 10th century.^[2] See Proto-Turkic *eg- for more.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: en‧ged
• Rhymes: -ɛd

enged

1. (intransitive) to give way, give in, yield, cede, succumb (to some force: -nak/-nek)

   Antonyms: ellenáll (“to withstand”), ragaszkodik (“to insist”)

2. (intransitive) to concede, give ground, yield, retreat, relax, budge (in an argument; from one’s stance: -ból/-ből)
3. (transitive) to allow, permit

   Synonyms: engedélyez, hagy

   Antonyms: tilt, megtilt

4. (transitive) to run (to make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object)

   Synonyms: folyat, ereszt

5. (transitive) to take a certain amount less, remit (reduce amount e.g. by giving discount; out of some price: -ból/-ből, with the amount of reduction in the accusative)

   Tíz százalékot tudok engedni az árból. ― I can reduce the price by ten percent or I can take ten percent less.

6. (intransitive, e.g. of a knot or noose) to ease, slacken

   Synonyms: kilazul, meglazul

7. (intransitive, chiefly of frost) break, ease, cease, subside, let up (to become less severe)

   Synonyms: enyhül, mérséklődik

8. (intransitive, of color of a dye in washing) to bleed (to spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth)

   Synonym: ereszt

(With verbal prefixes):

• → Pannonian Rusyn: енґедовац (engedovac)
• → Romanian: îngădui

• enged 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
• enged 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).