pirít

See also: pirit and Pirit

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -ít (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpiriːt]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

pirít

  1. (transitive, of the sun) to burn, tan
  2. (transitive, of meat) to fry, brown
  3. (transitive, of bread) to toast

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • lepirít
  • megpirít
  • rápirít

References

  1. pirít 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

  • pirít 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

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pyrite, from Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πῡρίτης λίθος (pūrítēs líthos, stone of fire, flint), from πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Noun

pirít f (genitive singular piríte, nominative plural pirítí)

  1. (mineralogy) pyrite

Declension

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pirít phirít bpirít
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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