jajgat

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Hungarian

Etymology

From jaj +‎ -gat.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: jaj‧gat
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Verb

jajgat

  1. (intransitive) to wail (to cry out, as in sorrow or anguish)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, literary) to wail (to make a noise like mourning or crying)
  3. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial, derogatory) to wail (to lament persistently or bitterly)
  4. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial, derogatory) to bemoan, to bewail

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Further reading

  • jajgat 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