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néz

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *näke-. Cognates include Finnish nähdä.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈneːz]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːz

Verb

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néz

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to look (at something -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt or -ra/-re)
    Erre a képre nézz, ne arra!Look at this picture, not that one!
    Nézd ezt a különleges fát!Look at this special tree!
  2. (transitive) to watch (something -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
    Nézzünk tévét!Let's watch television!
  3. (intransitive) to overlook (followed by -ra/-re) (to offer a view of something from a higher position)
    A hotelszobánk ablaka a tóra néz.Our hotel room overlooks the lake.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #590 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ néz 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.)

Further reading

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  • néz 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