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kísértet

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːʃeːrtɛt]
  • Hyphenation: kí‧sér‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

kísért (to haunt) + -et (noun-forming suffix)

Noun

kísértet (plural kísértetek)

  1. ghost
    Synonym: szellem
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...
Derived terms
Compound words

Etymology 2

kísér (to accompany) + -tet (causative suffix)

Verb

kísértet

  1. (transitive) causative of kísér: to make/have someone accompany/escort someone else (somewhere), to get someone to accompany/escort someone else (somewhere)
Conjugation
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...

Etymology 3

kísér (to accompany) + -t (past-participle suffix) + -et (accusative suffix)

Participle

kísértet

  1. accusative singular of kísért

Etymology 4

kísért (to haunt; to tempt) + -et (causative suffix)

Verb

kísértet

  1. (transitive, rare) to make/have someone haunt/tempt someone else, to get someone to haunt/tempt someone else
Conjugation
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...

Further reading

  • (ghost): kísértet in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (to have someone accompany/-ied): kísértet in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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