szenved

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -ed (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛɱvɛd]
  • Hyphenation: szen‧ved
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb[edit]

szenved

  1. (intransitive) to suffer (in general from something: -tól/-től, from a disease: -ban/-ben)
  2. (transitive) to sustain, undergo (some specified injury, accident, damage, loss, defeat, disadvantage, persecution etc.)

Conjugation[edit]

If it is used transitively, its object is usually not definite, so the conjugation of the verb is normally indefinite too.

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ szenved 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[edit]

  • szenved 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