feladni

Feladni is a Hungarian verb with several related meanings that depend on context. It is built from the verb adni (to give) with the separable prefix fel-, which commonly adds nuances of completion, outward movement, or surrender.

The primary senses include:

- to give up or surrender, especially when continuing an effort becomes untenable. In this use, feladni expresses that someone has ceased trying.

- to deliver, hand in, or submit something to a person or institution. In administrative or postal contexts, it means to hand over or post items, such as documents or letters.

- to dispatch or mail something, for example posting a letter or parcel with the post.

- to betray or reveal someone, i.e., to hand someone over to authorities or to disclose someone’s whereabouts.

Usage notes:

Feladni is a transitive verb with a separable prefix. In present tense forms you have feladom, feladod, feladja, for example. Past forms include feladott or feladta, depending on the subject. In word order, the prefix can be separated from the stem by the object or other sentence elements: Levelet feladta a postán. A letter was posted at the post office. The separable prefix behavior means it can appear as felad- in some forms or as a single word in others, depending on emphasis and syntax.

Examples:

- Nem adom fel. (I won’t give up.)

- Levelet feladni a postán. (To post a letter at the post office.)

- A rendőrségnek feladta magát. (He surrendered to the police.)

Feladni thus covers a range from perseverance and submission to delivery and betrayal, depending on the context.