örvend

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as öröm (joy) + -end (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈørvɛnd]
  • Hyphenation: ör‧vend
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

örvend

  1. (intransitive, literary or dialectal, except in the phrase below) Synonym of örül (to rejoice, to be glad, about something -nak/-nek)
    Örvendek a szerencsének.Pleased to meet you. (literally, “I’m glad about the luck [of meeting you].”)
  2. (intransitive) to enjoy, have (something favorable, with -nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: van neki, élvez
    jó egészségnek örvendto have good health, to be in good health
    közutálatnak örvendto enjoy public loathing

Conjugation

or less commonly

Derived terms

References

  1. örvend 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

  • örvend , partly redirecting to örül 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
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