firkál

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of debated origin: [1]

  1. Native development from the reduplication irkál-firkál.
  2. From Latin fricare with the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfirkaːl]
  • Hyphenation: fir‧kál

Verb

firkál

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to scribble, scrawl

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ firkál 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.)