szab

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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szab

  1. (transitive) to tailor, cut (clothes)
  2. (transitive) to set (e.g., a limit, a deadline), lay down (e.g., conditions, either with accusative or with -ul/-ül), impose, specify, determine (e.g., a direction), cap (an upper limit)
    Synonyms: előír, megszab, kiszab, kiró, kivet, leszögez, lefektet, megállapít

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ szab 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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  • szab 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

Sumerian

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Romanization

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szab

  1. Romanization of 𒉺𒅁 (šab)