téved

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *tepɜ- (lose one's way, be wrong, err, make a mistake) [1] + -ed (frequentative suffix).[2] Cognates include Mansi типи (tipi, tip-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈteːvɛd]
  • Hyphenation: té‧ved

Verb

téved

  1. (intransitive) to err, make a mistake
  2. (intransitive) to be wrong, to be mistaken
  3. (intransitive) to wander off somewhere

Conjugation

Usage notes

Between the alternative forms tévedt and tévedett, the short form is used in the sense "to wander", and the long form is used in the sense "to make a mistake" or "to be mistaken". Examples:

A kisfiú egy sűrű erdőbe tévedt.The little boy wandered into a thick forest.
Harminc kérdésből egyszer sem tévedett.Out of thirty questions, he never made one mistake.

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • áttéved
  • betéved
  • eltéved
  • idetéved
  • letéved
  • megtéved
  • odatéved
  • rátéved

(Expressions):

References

  1. Entry #1861 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. 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

  • téved 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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