keveset

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛvɛʃɛt]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ve‧set

Etymology 1

kevés (“little, not much”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix)

Adjective

keveset

  1. accusative singular of kevés
    Keveset tudok az ügyről. ― I know very little about the case.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative, a lexicalization of the above.

Adverb

keveset (comparative kevesebbet, superlative legkevesebbet)

  1. synonym of ritkán (“seldom, rarely, infrequently”)
    Antonyms: sokat, sokszor, gyakran
    Mostanában keveset úszom. ― These days I seldom swim.
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