szabadít

Szabadít is a Hungarian verb meaning to liberate, set free, or rescue someone from captivity, danger, or oppression. It is a transitive verb and typically requires a direct object referring to the person or thing freed. In everyday usage it appears in contexts ranging from military or humanitarian operations to figurative freeing from constraints.

The verb is formed from the adjective szabad (free) with the causative suffix -ít. Its base can be used with prefixes to create related meanings: kiszabadít (to release from confinement), felszabadít (to liberate, often in political or collective contexts), megszabadít (to rid or relieve someone from something). The noun form szabadító means “liberator,” and szabadítás or felszabadítás denote the act or process of liberation.

Usage notes: szabadít is conjugated like other Hungarian -ít verbs. The past participle is szabadított, used in phrases such as "a foglyokat szabadították" (they liberated the captives). The present tense forms include szabadítok, szabadítasz, szabadít, szabadítunk, szabadítotok, szabadítanak, while the imperative forms include szabadíts! and szabadítsatok!. The word appears in historical, political, and literary writing, as well as in news reporting about rescue or liberation operations.

See also: felszabadítás, kiszabadítás, megszabadítás, liberáció.