elül

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See also: elul and Elul

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlyl]
  • Hyphenation: el‧ül

Etymology 1

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From el- +‎ ül.

Verb

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elül

  1. (intransitive) to sit away, to sit elsewhere (from: mellől or -tól/-től)
  2. (intransitive, dated, rare) to sit down
    Synonym: leül
  3. (transitive) to block (by sitting)
  4. (intransitive, transitive) to sit for a while
  5. (transitive) to make numb by sitting
  6. (intransitive, of birds, bats, etc.) to go to perch, to go to roost (somewhere)
  7. (intransitive, literary) to sink, to subside
    Synonyms: elsüllyed, lesüllyed
    1. (higher register, of dust, powder, etc.) to settle
    2. (dated) to go down, to set (of a celestial body, to disappear below the horizon)
      Synonyms: lemegy, lenyugszik
  8. (transitive, dated, literary, literally of substance or figuratively of oppressive feeling) to cover, to settle upon
  9. (intransitive) to die down, to subside
    Synonyms: lecsillapodik, mérséklődik
  10. (intransitive, somewhat dated, literary) to fade away, to recede
  11. (intransitive, dated, rare) to pale, to pale in comparison (beside/next to: mellett)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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See elöl. This form first attested in 1763.[1]

Adverb

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elül (superlative legelül)

  1. (somewhat dated, folksy) Alternative form of elöl.
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ elöl in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • elül in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
  • (verb): (1): elül 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
  • (adverb): (2): elül 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