fekte

From the fek- stem of fekszik (“to lie, recline”) +‎ -te (noun-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛktɛ]
• Hyphenation: fek‧te
• Rhymes: -tɛ

fekte

1. his/her/its lying, reclining (the act or the position)

   Synonym: (narrower in use) fekvése

   Coordinate terms: állta, ülte

• In contrast with állta and ülte, this form doesn’t coincide with the related verb form, as it would be feküdte, though it occurs with prefixes, e.g. from the verb kifekszik.
• The current noun is most commonly (but not exclusively) used with the case suffixes -ben and -ből (after any possessive form, given in the table below).

• fekte 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.

From Middle Low German vechten.

fekte (imperative fekt, present tense fekter, passive fektes, simple past and past participle fekta or fektet, present participle fektende)

1. to fence (with swords, as a sport)
2. to gesticulate, wave (one's arms)

• fekting

• “fekte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fekte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German vechten.

fekte (present tense fektar, past tense fekta, past participle fekta, passive infinitive fektast, present participle fektande, imperative fekte/fekt)

1. to fence (with swords, as a sport)
2. to gesticulate, wave (one's arms)

• fekta

• fekting

• “fekte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.