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befogad

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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be- +‎ fogad

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛfoɡɒd]
  • Hyphenation: be‧fo‧gad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

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befogad

  1. (transitive) to receive into, to house, to lodge, to take in, to adopt
  2. (transitive) to hold, to accommodate, to admit

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • befogad 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
  • befogad in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Swedish

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Etymology

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Superficially the past participle of now archaic verb befoga. Likely borrowed from German befugt. Compare Dutch bevoegd and Danish beføjet.

Adjective

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befogad (not comparable)

  1. justifiable, well-founded, warranted

Declension

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Inflection of befogad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular befogad
neuter singular befogat
plural befogade
masculine plural2 befogade
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 befogade
all befogade

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms

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References

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