süllyeszt

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem of unknown origin as süllyed +‎ -eszt (“causative suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃyjːɛst]
  • Hyphenation: süly‧lyeszt

Verb

süllyeszt

  1. (transitive) to sink (to cause something to descend into liquid)
  2. (transitive) to sink (to push something into something)
    A kutya a férfi lábába süllyesztette a fogát. ― The dog sank its teeth into the man's leg.
  3. (transitive) to put, tuck, thrust, slide (to place somewhere safe or hidden, into the depths of something)
    Órájat a zsebébe süllyesztette. ― He put his watch in his pocket.
  4. (transitive) to drag down, sink (into something -ba/-be) (to cause a person or a group of people to move down to a lower level)
    Az országot rabszolgaságba süllyesztették. ― They sunk the country into slavery.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • süllyesztés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • alásüllyeszt
  • besüllyeszt
  • belesüllyeszt
  • elsüllyeszt
  • lesüllyeszt
  • visszasüllyeszt

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

References

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