metsz

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete verb met (to cut out, carve) + -sz (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛt͡sː]
  • Hyphenation: metsz

Verb

metsz

  1. (transitive) to cut, to incise
  2. (transitive) to prune (a plant, such as a tree)
  3. (transitive, geometry) to intersect, to cross

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • metszés
  • metszet

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bemetsz
  • elmetsz
  • felmetsz
  • fölmetsz
  • lemetsz
  • megmetsz

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
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