sziszeg

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsisɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: szi‧szeg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

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sziszeg

  1. (intransitive, of snake, goose) to hiss (to make a hissing sound)
  2. (transitive, of a person) to hiss (to utter something in a quiet hissing sound, with suppressed anger)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ sziszeg 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

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  • sziszeg 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