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téved

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See also: tevéd and tévéd

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric *tepɜ- (lose one's way, be wrong, err, make a mistake) [1] + -ed (frequentative suffix).[2] Cognates include Northern Mansi типуӈкве (tipuňkve).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈteːvɛd]
  • Hyphenation: té‧ved
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

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téved

  1. (intransitive) to err, make a mistake
    Synonym: hibázik
  2. (intransitive) to be wrong, to be mistaken
  3. (intransitive) to wander off somewhere

Usage notes

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Out of the alternative forms tévedt and tévedett, the short form is used in the sense “to wander”, and the long form is used in the sense “to make a mistake” or “to be mistaken”. Examples:

A kisfiú egy sűrű erdőbe tévedt.The little boy wandered into a thick forest.
Harminc kérdésből egyszer sem tévedett.Out of thirty questions, he never made one mistake.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions
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References

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  1. ^ Entry #1861 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ téved 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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  • téved 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