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melenget

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From meleg (warm) +‎ -get (frequentative suffix), original form melegget.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛlɛŋɡɛt]
  • Hyphenation: me‧len‧get
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

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melenget

  1. (transitive) to warm
    Synonym: melegít
    A fagyos kezünket melengettük a tűznél.We warmed our frozen hands by the fire.
  2. (transitive, of hopes, plans, desires) to cherish, nurse
    Synonym: dédelget

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ melenget 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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  • melenget 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