virít

See also: virit

Hungarian

Etymology

Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Patterned after verb pairs suffixed with -ul and -ít such as tanul (to learn) - tanít (to teach), the neologists coined it from the root of virul + -ít.[1] The slang meaning is attestable from at least the late 1980s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviriːt]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧rít

Verb

virít

  1. (intransitive) to bloom
  2. (transitive, slang) to show (especially money that will be handed over)
    • 2015, Gyula Máté T., “Migránsrali”, in Magyar élet:
      No problémo, virítsd a zöldhasút.
      No problemo, show me the greenback.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • virítás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elvirít
  • felvirít
  • kivirít

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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