hebeg

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

  • hebegés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elhebeg
  • összehebeg

References

  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

  • 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.