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English
Prefix
meg-
- Alternative form of mega- used before a vowel.
- megohm
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Prefix
meg-
- A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
- (original meaning, now rare) back, backwards
- fordul (“to turn”) → megfordul (“to turn around, to turn back”)
- It adds a perfective aspect to the verb in all tenses.
- talál (“to find, to come across”) → megtalál (“to find (after searching)”)
- It expresses the beginning of an action (inchoative aspect).
- szeret (“to love”) → megszeret (“to come to like, to become attached to, to become fond of”)
- It sometimes changes the meaning of the verb.
- szól (“to say something”) → megszól (“to backtalk”)
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