beteg

Of unknown origin. Perhaps a derivation of an otherwise unattested stem. The final -eg may be a noun-forming suffix. For the suffix compare hideg (“cold”), meleg (“warm”).^[1]

Also, perhaps borrowed from a Tungusic language.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛtɛɡ]

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• Hyphenation: be‧teg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

beteg (comparative betegebb, superlative legbetegebb)

1. sick, ill

   Antonym: egészséges

• → Romanian: beteag
• Serbo-Croatian: bȅteg

beteg (plural betegek)

1. patient (a person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person)

• beteg 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.
• beteg 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).

From Hungarian beteg.

• (Kajkavian) IPA^(key): /beˈtɛk/
• (standard language) IPA^(key): /bêteɡ/
• Hyphenation: be‧teg

bȅteg m inan (Cyrillic spelling бе̏тег)

1. (Kajkavian) sickness, illness

   Synonym: bȍlēst

• “beteg”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025