sértve

Sértve is a Hungarian word that can function as the past participle of the verb sérteni, which covers both to injure physically and to insult or harm someone’s feelings. As a predicative participle or adjective, it expresses that a person is offended or hurt by something. The root also yields the related noun sértés, meaning harm, injury, or offense, and the adjective sértő, meaning offensive or hurtful.

In everyday language, sértve is most often linked to emotional offense rather than physical harm. It can appear in expressions such as sértve érzi magát, meaning that someone feels offended. The exact sense of sértve is determined by context and accompanying verbs or nouns. For example, a statement can sértett someone (insult or offended them), while a reaction can be described as sértve (feeling offended).

In legal and formal usage, sértés refers to an offense or violation against a person or their rights. The term can appear in phrases describing damages or claims arising from an offense, and the injured party is often referred to as a sértett fél. The distinction between physical harm and emotional offense is important in choosing the appropriate wording in legal texts.

Etymologically, sértve derives from the verb sérteni, which encompasses both harm and insult. The semantic range of sértve thus reflects this dual sense, with context guiding whether translation emphasizes injury or offense.