szégyell

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the archaic szégyenl with -nl - -ll assimilation, from szégyen +‎ -l (verb-forming suffix), a shorter variant of szégyenel.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈseːɟɛlː]
  • Hyphenation: szé‧gyell
  • Rhymes: -ɛlː

Verb

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szégyell

  1. (transitive) to be ashamed of something
    Antonym: büszke (proud, adjective)

Conjugation

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or (less commonly)

Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

See also

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References

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  1. ^ szégyell in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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