rettent

== Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrɛtːɛnt] Hyphenation: ret‧tent Rhymes: -ɛnt === Etymology 1 === retten (“to shrink back, recoil”) +‎ -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix) ==== Verb ==== rettent third-person singular indicative past indefinite of retten ===== Usage notes ===== This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb: rettent (…) el, el … rettent ― elrettent ― elretten rettent (…) meg, meg … rettent ― megrettent ― megretten and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes. ==== Participle ==== rettent past participle of retten ===== Declension ===== ==== Related terms ==== === Etymology 2 === retten (“to shrink back, recoil”) +‎ -t (causative verb-forming suffix) ==== Verb ==== rettent (transitive, literary) to deter (to prevent or discourage someone from doing something) Synonyms: ijeszt, rémít, riaszt 1936, Attila József, Nagyon fáj (It Hurts So Much),[1] translated by Peter Zollman, László Fórizs (Q1005876),[2] and Tamás Kabdebó (Q1103115)[3] Nem szégyenlem, ha kitalálom, // hisz kitaszit / a világ így is olyat, akit / kábít a nap, rettent az álom. It’s not a shame to guess this right, // but I’m aware / that we are hated everywhere / who dream by day and fret at night. (literally, “…who is dazed by the Sun and terrified by dreams.”) I’m not ashamed that I found it out. // Because who is / scared by his dreams dazed by the sun / will be driven out in any case. No shame on me to find just only one // solution, since / an outcast I am / frightened by dreams and dazed by the sun. ===== Usage notes ===== This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb: rettent (…) el, el … rettent ― elrettent rettent (…) fel, fel … rettent ― felrettent rettent (…) meg, meg … rettent ― megrettent rettent (…) vissza, vissza … rettent ― visszarettent ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === rettent 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. Results for both senses of “rettent” among the examples in A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára