szeret

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as the noun szerelem (romantic love) +‎ -et (momentane verb-forming suffix). The stem szer comes from the verbal application of Proto-Uralic *śerɜ (row, order) nounverb with the meaning ‘to join; to be linked / related to each other’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sze‧ret
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

szeret

  1. (transitive) to love
    Synonym: (adjective, referring to romantic love) szerelmes
    Szeretlek.I love you.
  2. (transitive) to like
    Synonyms: (getting a positive impression about someone or something, cf. “appeal”) tetszik, (taste good) ízlik, (feel good) jólesik, (literary) kedvel, (colloquial) bír, (colloquial) csíp
    A fiam szeret olvasni.My son likes reading.

Usage notes

For its special meaning in the conditional (“would like to”), see szeretne.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ szeret 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.)
  2. ^ Benkő L., editor (1993–1997), “szer², szerelem”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen I–III [The Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (in German), Vol. 1: A–kop (1993), vol. 2: Kor–zs (1995), vol. 3: index (1997), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 2:1422–1423

Further reading

  • szeret 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

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