magyaráz

Hungarian

Etymology

From magyar (Hungarian) + -áz (verb-forming suffix), with the original meaning being “translate into Hungarian, say in Hungarian”[1][2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɟɒraːz]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gya‧ráz

Verb

magyaráz

  1. (transitive) to explain
  2. (transitive) to talk too much (possibly annoyingly), to lecture (without being asked for it)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

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
  2. Bárczi, Géza. Magyar szófejtő szótár (’Hungarian Etymological Dictionary’). Trezor Kiadó, 1991. →ISBN
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