apaszt

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šoppɜ- (šappɜ-) (to dry; to become dry) [1] + -aszt (causative verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒpɒst]
  • Hyphenation: apaszt

Verb

apaszt

  1. (transitive) to decrease, reduce, lessen (to bring down the size, quantity of something)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • apasztás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elapaszt
  • kiapaszt
  • leapaszt
  • megapaszt

References

  1. Entry #1009 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 963 7094 01 6
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