jelent

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: je‧lent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

jelenik (to appear) +‎ -t (causative suffix)

Verb

jelent

  1. (transitive) to mean, denote, indicate
    Ez mit jelent?What does this mean?
  2. (transitive) to report (to someone -nak/-nek), notify
    Jelentem az esetet az igazgatónak.I will report the issue to the director.
  3. (transitive) to present, pose, involve (e.g. difficulty, trouble, threat, risk, or danger)
Usage notes

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

Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

jelenik +‎ -t (past-tense suffix)

Verb

jelent

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of jelenik
Usage notes

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

Etymology 3

jelen (present) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

jelent

  1. accusative singular of jelen
    Aki a múltban él, nem látja a jelent.One who lives in the past, does not see the present.

References

  1. ^ jelent 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

  • (to mean, to report): jelent 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