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magyaráz

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From magyar (Hungarian) +‎ -áz (verb-forming suffix), with the original meaning being “translate into Hungarian, say in Hungarian”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɟɒraːz]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gya‧ráz
  • Rhymes: -aːz

Verb

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magyaráz

  1. (transitive) to explain something (optionally to someone: -nak/-nek)
    Perfectives: megmagyaráz, elmagyaráz
  2. (intransitive) to talk too much (possibly annoyingly), to lecture (without being asked for it)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ magyaráz 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.)
  2. ^ Bárczi, Géza. Magyar szófejtő szótár (’Hungarian Etymological Dictionary’). Trezor Kiadó, 1991. →ISBN

Further reading

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