halkít

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Hungarian

Etymology

halk (soft, low ) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Verb

halkít

  1. (transitive, chiefly with prefixes) to turn down (the volume of…), lower (one’s voice)
    Antonym: hangosít
    Perfective: lehalkít
    Middle-voice counterpart: (halkul →) elhalkul

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

See also

Further reading

  • halkít 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