hárít

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Háryt

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kurɜ (curved, skewed, crooked)[1] + -ít (causative verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːriːt]
  • Hyphenation: há‧rít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb[edit]

hárít

  1. (transitive, of blame, responsibility, risk) to shift/place something onto someone (with -ra/-re)
  2. (transitive) to parry, fend, ward off (to avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow))
  3. (transitive, sports) to save (to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal)

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Entry #425 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ hárít 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[edit]

  • hárít 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