zsebel

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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zseb (pocket) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛbɛl]
  • Hyphenation: zse‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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zsebel

  1. (transitive) to fleece, bleed (to take money from)
  2. (transitive) to line one's pockets

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • zsebel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN