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-eszt

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Hungarian

Etymology

From -sz (frequentative suffix) + -t (causative suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛst]

Suffix

-eszt

(causative suffix) Added to a verb or less frequently to a noun to form a transitive verb.
Synonyms: -at/-et, -tat/-tet, -jt/-ajt/-ejt, -ít, -dít, (obsolete in this sense) -t

‎éber (“awake”) + ‎-eszt → ‎ébreszt (“to wake someone”)

Usage notes

(causative suffix) Variants:
-aszt is added to back-vowel words

-eszt is added to unrounded front-vowel words

-öszt is added to rounded front-vowel words
Many stems that use -eszt, also use the frequentative intransitive suffix -ed:
ébreszt (“to wake someone”) → ébred (“to wake”)

süllyeszt (“to sink something”) → süllyed (“to sink”)

Derived terms

See also

Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

^ -eszt 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.)

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