Hungarian

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Etymology

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From elhisz (to believe, consider/accept as true)-tet (causative suffix) or el-hitet (from the hi- stem of hisz (to believe) in either case).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɦitɛt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧hi‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

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elhitet

  1. (transitive) to make someone (-val/-vel) believe something, fool someone into believing, put across to someone (convince by deceit)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • elhitet 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
  • elhitet 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).