olvas

Hungarian

olvas

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the same Proto-Uralic *luke- (to count) root as Finnish lukea + -s (frequentative verb-forming suffix). For the -s suffix, compare keres (to search).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈolvɒʃ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ol‧vas

Verb

olvas

  1. (transitive) to read

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átolvas
  • beolvas
  • beleolvas
  • elolvas
  • felolvas
  • hozzáolvas
  • kiolvas
  • leolvas
  • megolvas
  • ráolvas
  • utánaolvas
  • végigolvas

(Expressions):

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 963 7094 01 6
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