beteg

Of unknown origin. Perhaps a derivation of an otherwise unattested stem. The final -eg may be a noun-forming suffix. For the suffix compare hideg (“cold”), meleg (“warm”).[1]

Also, perhaps borrowed from a Tungusic language.[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛtɛɡ]

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• Hyphenation: be‧teg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

beteg (comparative betegebb, superlative legbetegebb)

1. sick, ill

   Antonym: egészséges

• → Romanian: beteag
• Serbo-Croatian: bȅteg

beteg (plural betegek)

1. patient (a person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person)

• beteg 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
• beteg in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

From Hungarian beteg.

• (Kajkavian): IPA^(key): /beˈtɛk/
• (standard language) IPA^(key): /bêteɡ/
• Hyphenation: be‧teg

bȅteg m (Cyrillic spelling бе̏тег)

1. (Kajkavian) sickness, illness

   Synonym: bȍlēst

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