felejt

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same unattested stem of unknown origin as feled (to forget) + -ejt (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

felejt

  1. (transitive) to forget
    Synonyms: elfelejt, feled, elfeled, megfeledkezik, elfeledkezik
    Régen jól tudtam angolul, de az utóbbi években sokat felejtettem.I used to speak English quite well, but I have been forgetting much in the recent years.
  2. (transitive) to leave something unintentionally (somewhere or in some state), because of forgetting about it
    Nyitva felejtettem az ajtót.I (unintentionally) left the door open.
    A kocsiban felejtettem a csomagot.I (unintentionally) left the package in the car.

Conjugation

Its definite-object negative imperative forms are used interchangeably with the corresponding forms of feled, e.g. ne felejtsd ~ ne feledd “don't forget ”, ne felejtse ~ ne feledje “don't forget ”, ne felejtsük ~ ne feledjük “let's not forget”.

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ felejt 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.)

Further reading

  • felejt 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