sirat

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Hungarian

Etymology

sír (to weep, cry) +‎ -at (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

Verb

sirat

  1. (transitive) to bewail, lament, mourn, grieve

Usage notes

Even though this verb has a causative suffix on the verb sír (to weep, cry), it doesn’t mean “to make someone cry”; instead, (meg)ríkat can be used in this sense.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • sirat 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

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zierrat. Cognate of Dutch sieraad.

Noun

sirat c

  1. ornament, decoration
Declension
Declension of sirat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sirat siraten sirater siraterna
Genitive sirats siratens siraters siraternas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sirat

  1. supine of sira

Adjective

sirat

  1. indefinite neuter singular of sirad

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