See also: terit and térít

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as tereget and terül +‎ -ít (causative suffix). [1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛriːt]
  • Hyphenation: te‧rít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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terít

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to set (to arrange the table with dishes and cutlery)
  2. (transitive) spread, spread out, lay out (onto, into something: lative suffixes)
    A székre terítette a kabátját.He laid his coat on the chair.
  3. (transitive, business) to distribute
    Synonyms: eloszt, szétoszt
  4. (intransitive, card games) to lay (out/down), put (down) one's cards on the table (usually as a sign of having won the game)
    Synonyms: kirak, felfed

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
  2. ^ terít 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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  • terít 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