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enged

Pronunciation: [ˈɛŋɡɛd]

“enged” is a Hungarian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to give way, give in, yield, cede, succumb (to some force: -nak/-nek)
  2. to concede, give ground, yield, retreat, relax, budge (in an argument; from one’s stance: -ból/-ből)
  3. to allow, permit
  4. to run (to make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object)
  5. to take a certain amount less, remit (reduce amount e.g. by giving discount; out of some price: -ból/-ből, with the amount of reduction in the accusative)
  6. to ease, slacken
  7. break, ease, cease, subside, let up (to become less severe)
  8. to bleed (to spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Turkic language + -ed (frequentative-instantaneous suffix). Róna-Tas proposes a borrowing from West Old Turkic *äŋ-, which would occur before Hungarians migrated to Carpathian basin in 10th century. See Proto-Turkic *eg- for more.

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