óhajt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈoːɦɒjt]
  • Hyphenation: óhajt

Verb

óhajt

  1. (transitive, formal) to wish, desire, fancy, long for, yearn for, would like to
    Synonyms: kíván, kér, vágyik, vágyódik, vágyakozik, áhít
    • 1866, János Arany, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (translation of Shakespeare)
      Uram, nehány emléke itt maradt, ¶ Már rég óhajtám visszaküldeni,
      My lord, I have remembrances of yours, ¶ That I have longed long to re-deliver;
    Mit óhajt?What can I do for you? (literally, “What do you desire?”)
    Ahogy óhajtja.As you wish.

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Further reading

  • óhajt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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