hervaszt

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Hungarian

Etymology

From hervad +‎ -aszt.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

hervaszt

  1. (transitive, of plant, face, beauty) to make something fade, wither, droop, languish
    Bánat hervasztja a szépségét.Her beauty is faded by sorrow. (literally, “Sorrow fades her beauty.”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ hervaszt 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

  • hervaszt 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