kattint

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -int (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtːint]
  • Hyphenation: kat‧tint
  • Rhymes: -int

Verb

kattint

  1. (transitive) to click (to make a clicking sound causatively, deliberately)
  2. (transitive, computing) to click

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bekattint
  • belekattint
  • felkattint
  • félrekattint
  • fölkattint
  • kikattint
  • lekattint
  • mellékattint
  • rákattint
  • végigkattint
  • visszakattint

References

  1. kattint 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

  • kattint 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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