kényszerít

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Old Hungarian verb kész (to urge, prod) + -ít. The -r- is perhaps a frequentative suffix, the role of -ny- is unclear. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːɲsɛriːt]
  • Hyphenation: kény‧sze‧rít

Verb

kényszerít

  1. (transitive) to force, press, compel someone to do something

Conjugation

Derived terms

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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