költ

See also: kolt, kòlt, koelt, and Kołt

Hungarian

Etymology

From the köl variant of the verb kel + -t (causative suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkølt]

Verb

költ

  1. (transitive) to awaken, to wake up, to rouse
  2. (of birds) to breed, to hatch
  3. (of money) to spend
  4. (of poetry) to compose
  5. (of rumor, fable) to invent

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átkölt
  • elkölt
  • kikölt
  • rákölt
  • túlkölt

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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