halkít

Hungarian

Etymology

halk (soft, low [volume of voice/sound]) + -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlkiːt]
  • Hyphenation: hal‧kít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

halkít

  1. (transitive, chiefly with prefixes) to turn down (the volume of…), lower (one’s voice)
    Antonym: hangosít
    Perfective: lehalkít
    Middle-voice counterpart: (halkul →) elhalkul

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • halkít (…) el, el … halkítelhalkít
  • halkít (…) le, le … halkítlehalkít
  • halkít (…) vissza, vissza … halkítvisszahalkít

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • halkítható
  • halkíttat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elhalkít
  • lehalkít
  • visszahalkít

See also

Further reading

  • halkít 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
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