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sejtelem

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Hungarian

Etymology

sejt (to suspect) + -elem (noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛjtɛlɛm]
  • Hyphenation: sej‧te‧lem

Noun

sejtelem (plural sejtelmek)

  1. (literary) conception, suspicion, presentiment, premonition, foreboding (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind)
    Synonym: előérzet
  2. (informal, chiefly in the negative) (often with a possessive suffix) inkling, hunch, idea (a theory or guess)
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    See synonyms at fogalom.
  3. (informal, chiefly in the negative) expertise
    Synonyms: szakértelem, szaktudás

Declension

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More information possessor, single possession ...

Derived terms

Compound words
  • balsejtelem
  • halálsejtelem
  • sejtelemterhes

Further reading

  • sejtelem 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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