nevet

See also: nevét

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛvɛt]
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  • Hyphenation: ne‧vet

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ugric *mȣ̈kɜ- (to laugh)[1] + -t (instantaneous suffix).[2]

Verb

nevet

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to laugh (at something or someone -n/-on/-en/-ön)
    A kishúgom mindig nevet a vicceimen.My little sister always laughs at my jokes.
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elnevet
  • felnevet
  • kinevet

(Expressions):

Etymology 2

név (name) + -et (accusative suffix)

Noun

nevet

  1. accusative singular of név
    Nevet változtatott.He changed his name.

References

  1. Entry #1813 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
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