Felejt

Felejt is a Hungarian verb form closely associated with the verb felejteni, which means to forget. In standard usage, the infinitive is felejteni, while the prefixed form elfelejteni is common for expressing forgetting something or failing to remember, often with a nuance of complete or abrupt forgetting. The act of forgetting is also captured by the noun felejtés, which refers to the process or instance of forgetting. Related adjectives include feledékeny, meaning forgetful, and memory-related terms such as emlékezet or emlék.

In ordinary speech, people frequently use verb constructions such as elfelejteni valamit to say “to forget something.” For example, elfelejtette a találkozó időpontját means “he forgot the time of the meeting.” The compound form can appear in various tenses and moods through standard Hungarian conjugation, without regard to a separate stand-alone lemma felejt. The word felejt is thus best understood as part of the broader verbal family around felejteni and elfelejteni, rather than as an independent dictionary entry.

Etymology traces the Hungarian felejteni to older forms within the Finno-Ugric language group, with the prefix el- adding a sense of completion or suddenness in many contexts. The concept of forgetting connects to memory and cognition and has parallels in related terms such as felejtés (forgetting) and emlékezés (remembrance). In cultural contexts, the theme of forgetting appears in literature and film, often explored in relation to memory, identity, and human error.