nyújt

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *nᴕjɜ-, (ńᴕjɜ-) (to stretch, extend)[1] + -jt (causative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲuːjt]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːjt

Verb

nyújt

  1. (transitive) to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to prolong
    Middle-voice counterpart: nyúlik
    Antonyms: összenyom, összehúz
  2. (transitive, cooking) to roll out (when baking)
  3. (transitive) to stretch (the muscles or limb, as in exercising)
    Antonyms: összeszorít, behúz, visszahúz
  4. (transitive) to pass, to hand (to hold an object away from one's body, towards someone so that they can take it)
  5. (transitive) to afford, to provide (an opportunity)
  6. (transitive) to grant, extend, bestow, impart, offer, render (e.g. help)

Conjugation

Derived terms

With verbal prefixes
  • átnyújt
  • benyújt
  • elnyújt
  • előrenyújt
  • felnyújt
  • hátranyújt
  • idenyújt
  • kinyújt
  • megnyújt
  • odanyújt

References

  1. Entry #606 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. nyújt 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

  • nyújt 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
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