fakaszt

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pakka- (to split, crack, split open, burst) + -aszt (causative suffix). Cognates include Hungarian fakad, Finnish pakahtua (to burst).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒkɒst]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧kaszt
  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

fakaszt

  1. (transitive) to cause something to burst
  2. (transitive) to squeeze

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felfakaszt
  • kifakaszt

References

  1. Entry #693 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. fakaszt 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

  • fakaszt 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
  • fakaszt 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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