kinyit

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Hungarian

Etymology

ki- +‎ nyit

Pronunciation

Verb

kinyit

  1. (transitive) to open (causing something to be accessible or making a folding tool or part of the body ready for use)
    Antonym: becsuk
    Middle-voice counterpart: kinyílik
    Kinyitottam az ajtót.I've opened the door.
    A tanulók kinyitják a könyvet az első leckénél.The students open the book at the first lesson.
    Rövidesen kinyit az új színház.The new theater is about to open.
    • 1964, J. D. Salinger, chapter 11, in Judit Gyepes, transl., Zabhegyező (The Catcher in the Rye), Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó (1998), →ISBN, page 95:
      Már aznap délután együtt golfoztunk. Nyolc labdát elrontott, emlékszem. Nyolcat! Rém nehéz volt rávenni, hogy legalább kinyissa a szemét, mikor beleüt a labdába. De még így is óriásit javítottam a játékán.
      I played golf with her that same afternoon. She lost eight balls, I remember. Eight. I had a terrible time getting her to at least open her eyes when she took a swing at the ball. I improved her game immensely, though.

Usage notes

Not used in continuous context. Use nyit in such cases.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • kinyit 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