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Hungarian
- hív (archaic, now only in some derivatives)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the hi- stem variant of the verb hisz.
Adjective
hű (comparative hűbb or hívebb, superlative leghűbb or leghívebb)
- faithful
- Antonym: hűtlen
- 1877, János Arany, Híd-avatás (Consecration of the Bridge), poem, translated by Péter Zollman
- „Én hű valék a kézfogásig / S elvette Alfréd a hugom’!”
- “I loved my Fred who said he chose me, / but took my sister for his bride!”
- (literally, “I was faithful till the handshake, and Alfred married my younger sister!”)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
An onomatopoeia.
Interjection
hű
- oh! (the expression of surprise or mild scare, or that of relief after realizing there was no real danger)
- wow!
- Synonyms: ejha, hűha, tyűha, tyű, azta, húha, hú, fú, azt a mindenit, ez igen, ez már döfi
References
Further reading
- (faithful): hű 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
- (oh, wow): hű 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