olvas

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Hungarian

olvas

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *luke- + -s (obsolete frequentative verb-forming suffix). For the -s suffix, compare keres (to search).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ol‧vas
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Verb

olvas

  1. (transitive) to read
    Perfective: elolvas
  2. (transitive, archaic, folksy) to count
    Synonyms: számol, számlál

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References

  1. ^ olvas 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

  • olvas 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