kicsit
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkit͡ʃit]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ki‧csit
- Rhymes: -it
Etymology 1
kicsi (“small”) + -t (accusative case ending)
Adjective
kicsit
- accusative singular of kicsi
Etymology 2
Adverbial accusative, a lexicalization of the above.
Adverb
kicsit (comparative kevésbé, superlative legkevésbé) (in the sense “to a little degree or extent”)
- usually construed with egy: a bit, a little, a little bit (to a little degree or extent)
- Synonyms: (all are formal) valamelyest, némileg, némiképp
- Antonym: (very) nagyon
- Egy kicsit türelmetlen vagy. ― You are a little impatient.
- usually construed with egy: a bit, a little, a little bit (a little amount)
Further reading
- kicsit 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.