ellehetetlenít

Hungarian

Etymology

Superficially el- + lehetetlenít but the latter form is rarely ever used without this prefix, so it can be analyzed as el- (away, here expressing privation) + lehetetlen (impossible) + -ít (causative suffix) instead.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlːɛhɛtɛtlɛniːt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧le‧he‧tet‧le‧nít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

ellehetetlenít

  1. (transitive) to make something unviable
  2. (transitive) to make someone’s position untenable, mock someone (to tantalize and disappoint the hopes of)

Conjugation

  • ellehetetlenül

Further reading

  • ellehetetlenít 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)
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