irt

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See also: IRT and írt

Hungarian

Etymology

Of disputed origin:[1]

  1. From Proto-Uralic *šure- + -t (causative suffix).
  2. Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries) + -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈirt]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

irt

  1. (transitive) to exterminate, to extirpate, to eradicate, to slaughter, to destroy

Conjugation

Usage notes

Not to be confused with írt (wrote), spelled with a long í.

Derived terms

Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ irt 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.)