sivít

See also: sivit

Hungarian

Etymology

From the siv- root of the onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) (to howl, cry) + -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃiviːt]
  • Hyphenation: si‧vít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

sivít

  1. (intransitive, of strong air flow) to howl, shriek, scream (to give a high-pitched, sharp sound, e.g. wind)
    Synonyms: fütyül, zúg, süvölt, üvölt
  2. (intransitive) to whistle, shriek, whoosh (of a bullet fired or an object passing at high speed: to give an unpleasant sharp, whistling sound while flying)
    Synonym: fütyül
  3. (intransitive) to scream (of a machine tool such as a saw: to give a sharp sound due to friction)
  4. (intransitive, of a person or animal) to scream, screech, shriek, shrill (to cry out with an earsplitting shrill voice)
    Synonyms: sivalkodik, visítozik, visít, sipít
    Egy bagoly sivított a távolban.An owl shrilled in the distance.
  5. (transitive) to shriek, shrill (to utter something sharply; to utter in or with a shriek)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • sivítás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • besivít
  • belesivít
  • elsivít
  • felsivít
  • túlsivít
  • végigsivít

References

  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • sivít 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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