"meg-" meaning in Hungarian

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Prefix

IPA: [ˈmɛɡ] Audio: Hu-meg.ogg
Etymology: May be related to Erzya мекев (mekev, “back, backwards”). Etymology templates: {{cog|myv|мекев||back, backwards}} Erzya мекев (mekev, “back, backwards”) Head templates: {{head|hu|prefix}} meg-
  1. A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
    (original meaning, now rare) back, backwards
    Tags: archaic, morpheme
    Sense id: en-meg--hu-prefix-Xiii8ZQn
  2. A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
    It adds a perfective aspect to the verb in all tenses (a definite endpoint when the action can be considered completed).
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meg--hu-prefix-ijxxRb6x Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 32 6 17 6
  3. A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
    It adds a perfective aspect to the verb in all tenses (a definite endpoint when the action can be considered completed).
    Not infrequently it can be rendered with the positive degree of an adjective rather than the comparative, expressing an absolute measure instead of a relative one:
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meg--hu-prefix-OMWWMPPB Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 32 6 17 6
  4. A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
    It expresses the beginning of an action (inchoative aspect).
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meg--hu-prefix-W3UeBMsH
  5. A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
    It may express a half-perfective aspect:
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meg--hu-prefix-C~HPZBZG Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 32 6 17 6
  6. A verbal prefix with the following meanings:
    It sometimes changes the meaning of the verb in other ways.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meg--hu-prefix-83lqq1KW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mög- [dialectal]

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          "text": "fordul (“to turn”) → megfordul (“to turn around, to turn back”)"
        },
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          "text": "jön (“to come”) → megjön (“to come back, get back, return”)"
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          "text": "keres (“to look for”) → megkeres (“to locate, look for it until it is found”)"
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          "text": "talál (“to find accidentally, to come across”) → megtalál (“to find (after purposefully searching)”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "néz (“to look at, for an indefinite time, as an ongoing activity”) → megnéz (“to give it a [thorough] look, assess its quality, form an opinion, etc.”)"
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          "text": "hallgat (“to listen”, or: “to keep quiet”) → meghallgat (“to listen till the end attentively and comprehend, give it some thought”)"
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          "text": "lát (“to see”) → meglát (“to catch sight of”)"
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          "text": "tud (“to know”) → megtud (“to learn, find out”)"
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        },
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          "text": "hallgat (“to listen”, or: “to keep quiet”) → meghallgat (“to listen till the end attentively and comprehend, give it some thought”)"
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          "text": "vár (“to wait”) → megvár (“to wait until something happens, someone arrives or gets ready”)"
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          "text": "hízik (“to get fatter [than before]”) → meghízik (“to get fat”) (compare also elhízik (“to get obese”))"
        },
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          "text": "hosszabbít (“to make longer, lengthen”) → meghosszabbít (“to make it [sufficiently] long”)"
        }
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        "It adds a perfective aspect to the verb in all tenses (a definite endpoint when the action can be considered completed).",
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          "text": "szeret (“to love”) → megszeret (“to come to like, to become attached to, to become fond of”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "lát (“to see”) → meglát (“to catch sight of”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "tud (“to know”) → megtud (“to learn, find out”)"
        }
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