kacsint

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒt͡ʃint]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧csint
  • Rhymes: -int

Etymology 1

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Possibly from an obsolete verb sense from a combined noun and verb term in the sense “to curve; curvature” [its noun counterpart being kacs (tendril)] + an instantaneous verb suffix -int. Its original meaning may have been “to look askew”.[1]

Verb

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kacsint

  1. (intransitive) to wink (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy)
  2. (intransitive, informal, rare) to cast a furtive glance (from aside), to look secretly somewhere
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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(With verbal prefixes):

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Etymology 2

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kacsin (Kachin) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Adjective

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kacsint

  1. accusative singular of kacsin

Noun

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kacsint

  1. accusative singular of kacsin

References

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  1. ^ kacsint 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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  • kacsint 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