to act, play (act in a performance) · frequentative of näyttää (“to show”) (in an indifferent manner; or when the speaker finds the action annoying) · synonym of esitellä (“to present, exhibit”)
çekim: geçmiş näytellyt · şimdiki näyttelee · ulaç näyttelevä
köken: näyttää + -ella (frequentative verb). Sense “to act, play” coined by Finnish author and journalist Pietari Hannikainen in 1845.
aile: näytelmä, näytteleminen, näyttelijä, näyttely, ylinäytellä, ääninäytellä
First attested in 1811. Either from French mime (“pantomime actor”) or from German Mime, from Latin mimus (“mime actor”), from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”). With the verb-forming suffix -l. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.