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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: 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.