csillapít

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. It is perhaps derived from an otherwise unattested imitative stem + -ít. The same stem is found in csillapodik (to calm down, diminish) and csillapul (to calm down).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃilɒpiːt]
  • Hyphenation: csil‧la‧pít

Verb

csillapít

  1. (transitive) to alleviate, ease, relieve (pain)
  2. (transitive) to appease, quench (hunger, thirst)
  3. (transitive) to calm, quiet, satisfy, soothe

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • csillapítás
  • csillapítatlan
  • csillapíthatatlan

(With verbal prefixes):

  • lecsillapít

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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