nyerít

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root originating from an animal's plaintive sound + -ít (frequentative-causative suffix). It is also possible that it was derived from the dialectal verb nyí.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɛriːt]
  • Hyphenation: nye‧rít

Verb

nyerít

  1. (intransitive, of a horse) to neigh (sound of a horse, see nyihaha)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, derogatory, of a human) to laugh boisterously, to have a horselaugh (to make an eardrum-piercing sound similar to a horse's cry when laughing loudly)
    • 1862, Mór Jókai, “Mendemonda”, in Politikai divatok:
      Min nyerítenek már megint odabenn?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • nyerítés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felnyerít
  • fölnyerít
  • visszanyerít

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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