csillapít

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from an otherwise unattested onomatopoeic stem + -p (obsolete instantaneous suffix) + -ít (verb-forming suffix). The same stem is found in csillapodik (to calm down, diminish) and csillapul (to calm down). First attested in 1608.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃilɒpiːt]
  • Hyphenation: csil‧la‧pít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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csillapít

  1. (transitive) to alleviate, ease, relieve (pain)
  2. (transitive) to appease, quench (hunger, thirst)
  3. (transitive) to calm, quiet, satisfy, soothe

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ csillapít in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • csillapít 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
  • csillapít 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).