lefektetni

Lefektetni is a Hungarian verb used to describe the act of laying something down flat or placing someone to bed. It is transitive and applies to both inanimate objects, such as a book or a blanket, and to people, especially in the context of bedtime or care. The verb emphasizes a single, completed action rather than a continuous process, and it often appears in imperative or past-tense forms in everyday speech.

Lexical note: the verb derives from fektet, with the prefix le- indicating downward motion or completion. It is related to lefektetni as a specific form of lay-down, and it should not be confused with befektetni, the common Hungarian term for "to invest," which uses the be- prefix to signal introduction. Although both share the root fektet, they belong to different semantic domains.

Usage considerations: lefektetni is commonly used with subjects like a child, a patient, or an object set on a surface. In instructions and caregiving language, you might encounter lefektetni a gyereket vagy a beteget. The word is versatile but is not typically used for abstract “laying down” concepts; for such, Hungarian would use different constructions.