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ellehetetlenít

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Superficially el- +‎ lehetetlenít but the latter form is rarely ever used without this prefix, so it can be analyzed as el- (away, here expressing privation) +‎ lehetetlen (impossible) +‎ -ít (causative suffix) instead.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlːɛhɛtɛtlɛniːt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧le‧he‧tet‧le‧nít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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ellehetetlenít

  1. (transitive) to make something unviable
  2. (transitive) to make someone’s position untenable, mock someone (to tantalize and disappoint the hopes of)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • ellehetetlenít 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).