Gyengíti

Gyengíti is a Hungarian verb form meaning "to weaken." It is the third-person singular present indicative of the infinitive gyengíteni, which denotes causing something to lose strength or effectiveness. The action is transitive, typically taking a direct object in the accusative case.

Etymology: The word derives from the root gyeng- meaning "weak," combined with the infinitive suffix -íteni. Gyengíteni forms a standard Hungarian transitive verb meaning “to cause to become weak.”

Usage: Gyengíti appears in contexts ranging from physical weakening to figurative weakening of influence, credibility, or resolve. It is common in media, politics, medicine, and everyday speech. In sentences, the subject performs the action on an object: the subject gyengíti the object.

Conjugation: In the present tense, verbs of the gyengíteni group follow the pattern gyengíti for the third person singular, with other forms as gyengítem (I weaken) and gyengíted (you weaken); the full present tense forms are gyengítünk, gyengítitek, gyengítik.

Examples:

- A gyógyszer gyengíti a betegek állapotát. (The medicine weakens the patients’ condition.)

- A propaganda gyengíti a közbizalmat. (Propaganda weakens public trust.)

- A hosszú betegeskedés gyengíti az immunrendszert. (Prolonged illness weakens the immune system.)

See also: gyengítés, gyengült.