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kábít

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See also: kabit and kab-it

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from the same onomatopoeic root as kába and kábul.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkaːbiːt]
  • Hyphenation: ká‧bít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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kábít

  1. (transitive, of chemical substances) to drug, to narcotize, to anesthetize (to make someone drowsy or insensible)
  2. (transitive, rare, of events or sensual experiences) to daze, to stun, to stupify (to cause a state of stupor in someone)
  3. (transitive, figurative, rare, of people) to deceive (to trick or mislead)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ kábít in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • kábít 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