hebeg

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛbɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: he‧beg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

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hebeg

  1. (intransitive) to stammer, falter (to speak hesitantly, with pauses, due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)
    Synonyms: habog, dadog
  2. (transitive) to stammer (to utter something hesitantly, with pauses, due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)
    Synonyms: habog, dadog
    Félek tőle – hebegte.“I’m afraid of him”, she stammered.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, rare) to stutter (to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds)
    Synonym: dadog

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ hebeg 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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  • hebeg 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