szab

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɒb]
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Verb

szab

  1. (transitive) to tailor, cut (clothes)
  2. (transitive) to set (e.g., a limit, a deadline), lay down (e.g., conditions, either with accusative or with -ul/-ül), impose, specify, determine (e.g., a direction), cap (an upper limit)
    Synonyms: előír, megszab, kiszab, kiró, kivet, leszögez, lefektet, megállapít

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átszab
  • egybeszab
  • elszab
  • hozzászab
  • kiszab
  • megszab
  • rászab
Expressions

References

  1. szab 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

  • szab 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

Sumerian

Romanization

szab

  1. Romanization of 𒉺𒅁 (šab)
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