elvesz

el- +‎ vesz

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvɛs]
• Hyphenation: el‧vesz

elvesz

1. (transitive) to take away, deprive (to remove and put in a different place or take to oneself)

   Synonym: elszed

2. (transitive) to bereave, deprive, take away (by violence)

   Synonym: eltulajdonít

3. (transitive) to expropriate (to deprive a person of their private property for public use)

   Synonym: kisajátít

4. (transitive) to steal, rob (to take illegally)

   Synonyms: ellop, elrabol, meglovasít

5. (transitive) to deprive, confiscate (to remove something so that a person no longer has it)

   Synonyms: bevon, megvon, megfoszt

   Elvették minden jogukat. ― They were deprived of all their rights.

   Elvették a jogosítványomat. ― My driver's license was withdrawn.

6. (transitive) to take, take up, consume (place, time)

   Synonym: igénybe vesz

7. (transitive) to occupy, block, shut out, obstruct (a view etc.)
8. (transitive) to take, accept, receive (something offered or given)

   Synonym: elfogad

   Nem vettem el a pénzt. ― I didn't accept the money.

9. (transitive, of a man) to get married, marry, wed
   • 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember, part 1, chapter 9:

     Ezelőtt tizenkét évvel Pancsován laktunk, hol férjem városi hivatalnok volt. Bellovárynak hívták. […] Neki volt hivatala, szép háza, gyönyörű gyümölcsöskertje, szántóföldjei; én árva leány voltam, mikor elvett, s kész vagyont hoztam a házhoz, megélhettünk tisztességesen.

10. (transitive, archaic) to get (one's just deserts); to be rewarded or punished

    Synonym: elnyer

    • 1988, Jenő Rejtő, A drótnélküli gyilkosság, chapter 6:

      […] Ezért egy ünnepélyes fogadóestélyen – a haladószellemű termelés érdekében szerzett érdemeiért – sajátkezűleg tűzte ki Farlane múlt századból konzervált frakkjára a Fehér Szalag-rend középkeresztjét a két karabéllyal. ¶ És így végül minden bűnös elvette méltó jutalmát.

• This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik), the transitive forms if one of them is transitive (if either, it is the one without -ik) as well as an optional first-person singular indicative present indefinite form of the -ik verb. However, the meaning of these pairs is often unrelated. Examples include bán–bánik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik, ér–érik, nyúl–nyúlik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik and tör–törik (the latter two pairs with related meanings; tör[ik] along with their verbal prefixes). Therefore one may well need to check the context and the verb arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.