enged

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Conjugation

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Expressions

Descendants

  • Romanian: îngădui

References

  1. ^ enged in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ Róna-Tas, András, Berta, Árpád, Károly, László (2011) “enged”, in West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 317-320

Further reading

  • 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 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)