Hungarian

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Etymology

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él (to live) +‎ -tet (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈeːltɛt]
  • Hyphenation: él‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

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éltet

  1. (transitive) causative of él: to let or help someone live, to keep someone alive
    Isten éltessen (sokáig)! (téged (you [informal]) is usually omitted)Many happy returns! (literally, “May God keep you alive (for a long time)!”)
    Isten éltesse (sokáig)! (önt (you [formal]) is usually omitted)Many happy returns! (literally, “May God keep you alive (for a long time)!”)
  2. (transitive) to wish someone to live
  3. (transitive) to cheer someone or something
    Synonyms: éljenez, üdvözöl, köszönt, ünnepel
  4. (transitive) to keep someone in one’s remembrance

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • éltet 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
  • éltet in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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