zúdít

Hungarian

Etymology

The stem is from the same word family of onomatopoeic origin as zuhan. By surface analysis, zúg + -dít. It depicts a forceful, fast movement.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzuːdiːt]
  • Hyphenation: zú‧dít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

zúdít

  1. (transitive) to pour, to throw (to suddenly pour a large amount of liquid, especially water; on something or someone: -ra/-re, rarely -ba/-be)
    Synonyms: önt, rázúdít
    A vár védői több vödör vizet zúdítottak az ellenség nyakába.The defenders of the castle threw several buckets of water down the enemy's neck.
  2. (transitive) to fling, to hurl, to sling, to throw, (to cause objects to move rapidly through the air, usually with destructive, damaging intent, often making a roaring sound; at someone or something: -ra/-re)
    A vár védői hatalmas kőzáport zúdítottak a seregre.The castle defenders hurled a huge shower of stones at the army.
  3. (transitive) to dump (to discard trash or material)
  4. (transitive, figuratively, slightly literary) to pour, to shower (to pour hostility, trouble, reproach, suffering, and disaster en masse; on someone or something: -ra/-re)
    A háború rengeteg szenvedést zúdított a nyakunkra.The war brought a lot of suffering on us.
  5. (transitive, figuratively, slightly literary) to turn against someone or something: ellen
    A politikus botrányos viselkedése maga ellen zúdította az egész kerületet.The politician's scandalous behaviour turned the entire district against him/her

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • alázúdít
  • bezúdít
  • belezúdít
  • felzúdít
  • kizúdít
  • lezúdít
  • nekizúdít
  • rázúdít
  • végigzúdít
  • visszazúdít

References

  1. zúdít in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • zúdít 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
  • zúdít in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
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