visít

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeic root imitating high-pitched, piercing sounds + -ít.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈviʃiːt]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧sít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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visít

  1. (transitive) to shriek, scream, shrill, screech, squeal, squeak
    visít dühébento shriek with rage
    Sziréna visít a távolban.A siren wails in the distance.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ visít in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • visít in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN