felejt

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same unattested stem of unknown origin as feled (“to forget”) + -ejt (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɛjt]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧lejt
  • Rhymes: -ɛjt

Verb

felejt

  1. (transitive) to forget
    Synonyms: elfelejt, feled, elfeled, megfeledkezik, elfeledkezik
    Régen jól tudtam angolul, de az utóbbi években sokat felejtettem. ― I used to speak English quite well, but I have been forgetting much in the recent years.
  2. (transitive) to leave something unintentionally (somewhere or in some state), because of forgetting about it
    Nyitva felejtettem az ajtót. ― I (unintentionally) left the door open.
    A kocsiban felejtettem a csomagot. ― I (unintentionally) left the package in the car.

Conjugation

Its definite-object negative imperative forms are used interchangeably with the corresponding forms of feled, e.g. ne felejtsd ~ ne feledd “don't forget [informal]”, ne felejtse ~ ne feledje “don't forget [formal]”, ne felejtsük ~ ne feledjük “let's not forget”.

Derived terms

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References

  1. felejt 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.)
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