vigasztal

Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic vigaszt (to heal, to cheer up) + -al (causative suffix). The verb vigaszt is from víg (happy) + -aszt.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviɡɒstɒl]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gasz‧tal

Verb

vigasztal

  1. (transitive) to console, solace, comfort

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
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