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Hungarian
Etymology
From szava (“his/her/its word”) + tartó (“keeping”), from the szav- stem of szó (“word”) + -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
szavatartó (comparative szavatartóbb, superlative legszavatartóbb)
- reliable, trustworthy, of one's word (that always keeps promises)
Declension
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Further reading
- szavatartó 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