befogad

Hungarian

Etymology

be- + fogad

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛfoɡɒd]
  • Hyphenation: be‧fo‧gad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

befogad

  1. (transitive) to receive into, to house, to lodge, to take in, to adopt
  2. (transitive) to hold, to accommodate, to admit

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • befogadás

Further reading

  • befogad 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
  • befogad in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Swedish

Etymology

Superficially the past participle of now archaic verb befoga. Likely borrowed from German befugt. Compare Dutch bevoegd and Danish beføjet.

Adjective

befogad (not comparable)

  1. justifiable, well-founded, warranted

Declension

Inflection of befogad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular befogad
Neuter singular befogat
Plural befogade
Masculine plural3 befogade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 befogade
All befogade
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

References

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