meneszt

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1787. From the men- stem of megy (to go) +‎ -eszt (causative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

meneszt

  1. (transitive) to send someone (usually a subordinate) somewhere to accomplish some task
    Synonyms: elküld, szalajt
  2. (transitive) to dismiss, fire, sack, get the axe (to discharge from a job or position)
    Synonyms: elbocsát, elküld, levált, kirúg

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ megy in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ megy in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’), Second, revised and expanded edition, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2021, →ISBN. (See also the PDF of its 1st edition.)

Further reading

  • meneszt 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