dobogtat

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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dobog (to beat, palpitate; stump) +‎ -tat (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdoboktɒt]
  • Hyphenation: do‧bog‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

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dobogtat

  1. (transitive) causative of dobog: to beat, pound, stomp, thump
    A nyulak a hátsó lábukat dobogtatják a földön, ha megijednek.Rabbits thump the ground with their back feet when startled.
  2. (transitive) to make someone's heart beat/throb

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dobogtat 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 2024)