retteg

Hungarian

Etymology

From a sound-imitative root + -eg.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛtːɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ret‧teg

Verb

retteg

  1. (intransitive) to dread (to fear greatly)
  2. (transitive, poetic) to be afraid of
    Nem rettegi a halált.He is not afraid of death.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • rettegés

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

Further reading

  • retteg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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