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virít

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Patterned after verb pairs suffixed with -ul and -ít such as tanul (to learn) - tanít (to teach), the neologists coined it from the root of virul + -ít.[1] The slang meaning is attestable from at least the late 1980s.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈviriːt]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧rít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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virít

  1. (intransitive) to bloom
  2. (transitive, slang) to show (especially money that will be handed over)
    • 2015, Gyula Máté T., “Migránsrali”, in Magyar élet[1]:
      No problémo, virítsd a zöldhasút.
      No problemo, show me the greenback.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ virít 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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  • virít 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