pihen

Hungarian

Etymology

From the old Hungarian pih (to pluck feathers; to breathe) + -en (instantaneous suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpiɦɛn]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧hen

Verb

pihen

  1. (intransitive) to rest

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elpihen
  • kipihen
  • lepihen
  • megpihen

(Expressions):

  • kipiheni magát

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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