elejt

== Hungarian == === Etymology === el- +‎ ejt === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛjt] Hyphenation: el‧ejt Rhymes: -ɛjt === Verb === elejt (transitive) to drop (to let something or someone fall by accident, due to clumsiness) Elejtette a tányért. ― He/she dropped the plate. (transitive, literary, of a larger animal or enemy) to kill, bag Synonyms: leterít, megöl (transitive, of a comment or word) to drop (to make a brief remark in passing) (transitive, law, of a charge) to withdraw, drop, dismiss A bíró elejtett minden vádat. ― The judge dismissed all charges. (transitive, figuratively) to abandon, give up (a plan) (transitive, archaic) to foil, thwart, frustrate, derail, prevent (something from succeeding) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === elejt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. elejt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).