műt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mut"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmyːt]
  • Rhymes: -yːt

Etymology 1

(act, deed) + -t (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Verb

műt

  1. (transitive, medicine) to operate (to perform a surgery on)
    Synonym: operál
    Tegnap egy kiskutyát műtöttünk.Yesterday we operated on a puppy.
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • megműt

Etymology 2

(mu, Greek letter) + -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

műt

  1. accusative singular of (referring to the Greek letter only)

References

  1. műt 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

  • műt 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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