beteg

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps a derivation of an otherwise unattested stem. The final -eg may be a noun-forming suffix. For the suffix compare hideg (“cold”), meleg (“warm”).[1]

Also, perhaps borrowed from a Tungusic language.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛtɛɡ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧teg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Adjective

beteg (comparative betegebb, superlative legbetegebb)

  1. sick, ill
    Antonym: egészséges

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Compound words

Descendants
  • → Romanian: beteag
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

beteg (plural betegek)

  1. patient (a person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of beteg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. betegem betegeim
2nd person sing. beteged betegeid
3rd person sing. betege betegei
1st person plural betegünk betegeink
2nd person plural betegetek betegeitek
3rd person plural betegük betegeik

References
  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
  2. Helimski, E. (2000), “On probable Tungus-Manchurian origin of the Buyla inscription from Nagy-Szentmiklós (preliminary communication)”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 5‎ (PDF), retrieved 2021-04-07

Further reading
  • beteg 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
  • beteg in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • (Kajkavian): IPA(key): /beˈtɛk/
  • (standard language) IPA(key): /bêteɡ/
  • Hyphenation: be‧teg

Noun

bȅteg m (Cyrillic spelling бе̏тег)

  1. (Kajkavian) sickness, illness
    Synonym: bȍlēst

References
  • “beteg” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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