téved

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See also: tevéd and tévéd

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *tepɜ- (lose one's way, be wrong, err, make a mistake) + -ed (frequentative suffix). Cognates include Northern Mansi типуӈкве (tipuňkwe).

Pronunciation

Verb

téved

  1. (intransitive) to err, make a mistake
  2. (intransitive) to be wrong, to be mistaken
  3. (intransitive) to wander off somewhere

Usage notes

Out of the alternative forms tévedt and tévedett, the short form is used in the sense “to wander”, and the long form is used in the sense “to make a mistake” or “to be mistaken”. Examples:

A kisfiú egy sűrű erdőbe tévedt.The little boy wandered into a thick forest.
Harminc kérdésből egyszer sem tévedett.Out of thirty questions, he never made one mistake.

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References

  1. ^ Entry #1861 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ téved 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

  • téved 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