furdal

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1533. From fúr (“to drill, to bore”) +‎ -dal (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfurdɒl]
• Hyphenation: fur‧dal
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb

furdal

1. (transitive, archaic) to prick, to stick, to prod, to poke, to dig (repeatedly or multiple times)

   Synonyms: furkál, döfköd

Usage notes

Today it is almost only used with lelkiismeret (“conscience”) (or synonymous concepts like bűntudat (“guilt, remorse”)) and kíváncsiság (“curiosity”) as well as in the phrase below, otherwise it is archaic.

Conjugation

conjugation of furdal

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	furdalok	furdalsz	furdal	furdalunk	furdaltok	furdalnak
		Def.	furdalom	furdalod	furdalja	furdaljuk	furdaljátok	furdalják
		2nd-p. o.	furdallak	―
	Past	Indef.	furdaltam	furdaltál	furdalt	furdaltunk	furdaltatok	furdaltak
		Def.	furdaltam	furdaltad	furdalta	furdaltuk	furdaltátok	furdalták
		2nd-p. o.	furdaltalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. furdalni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	furdalék	furdalál	furdala	furdalánk	furdalátok	furdalának
		Def.	furdalám	furdalád	furdalá	furdalánk	furdalátok	furdalák
		2nd-p. o.	furdalálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. furdal vala, furdalt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	furdalandok	furdalandasz	furdaland	furdalandunk	furdalandotok	furdalandanak
		Def.	furdalandom	furdalandod	furdalandja	furdalandjuk	furdalandjátok	furdalandják
		2nd-p. o.	furdalandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	furdalnék	furdalnál	furdalna	furdalnánk	furdalnátok	furdalnának
		Def.	furdalnám	furdalnád	furdalná	furdalnánk (or furdalnók)	furdalnátok	furdalnák
		2nd-p. o.	furdalnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. furdalt volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	furdaljak	furdalj or furdaljál	furdaljon	furdaljunk	furdaljatok	furdaljanak
		Def.	furdaljam	furdald or furdaljad	furdalja	furdaljuk	furdaljátok	furdalják
		2nd-p. o.	furdaljalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. furdalt légyen
Infinitive	furdalni		furdalnom	furdalnod	furdalnia	furdalnunk	furdalnotok	furdalniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	furdalás		furdaló	furdalt	furdalandó	furdalva (furdalván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of furdal

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	furdalhatok	furdalhatsz	furdalhat	furdalhatunk	furdalhattok	furdalhatnak
		Def.	furdalhatom	furdalhatod	furdalhatja	furdalhatjuk	furdalhatjátok	furdalhatják
		2nd-p. o.	furdalhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	furdalhattam	furdalhattál	furdalhatott	furdalhattunk	furdalhattatok	furdalhattak
		Def.	furdalhattam	furdalhattad	furdalhatta	furdalhattuk	furdalhattátok	furdalhatták
		2nd-p. o.	furdalhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	furdalhaték	furdalhatál	furdalhata	furdalhatánk	furdalhatátok	furdalhatának
		Def.	furdalhatám	furdalhatád	furdalhatá	furdalhatánk	furdalhatátok	furdalhaták
		2nd-p. o.	furdalhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. furdalhat vala, furdalhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	furdalhatandok or furdalandhatok	furdalhatandasz or furdalandhatsz	furdalhatand or furdalandhat	furdalhatandunk or furdalandhatunk	furdalhatandotok or furdalandhattok	furdalhatandanak or furdalandhatnak
		Def.	furdalhatandom or furdalandhatom	furdalhatandod or furdalandhatod	furdalhatandja or furdalandhatja	furdalhatandjuk or furdalandhatjuk	furdalhatandjátok or furdalandhatjátok	furdalhatandják or furdalandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	furdalhatandalak or furdalandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	furdalhatnék	furdalhatnál	furdalhatna	furdalhatnánk	furdalhatnátok	furdalhatnának
		Def.	furdalhatnám	furdalhatnád	furdalhatná	furdalhatnánk (or furdalhatnók)	furdalhatnátok	furdalhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	furdalhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. furdalhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	furdalhassak	furdalhass or furdalhassál	furdalhasson	furdalhassunk	furdalhassatok	furdalhassanak
		Def.	furdalhassam	furdalhasd or furdalhassad	furdalhassa	furdalhassuk	furdalhassátok	furdalhassák
		2nd-p. o.	furdalhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. furdalhatott légyen
Inf.	(furdalhatni)		(furdalhatnom)	(furdalhatnod)	(furdalhatnia)	(furdalhatnunk)	(furdalhatnotok)	(furdalhatniuk)
Positive adjective			furdalható	Neg. adj.	furdalhatatlan	Adv. part.	(furdalhatva / furdalhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• átfurdal
• kifurdal

Expressions

• furdalja az oldalát

 

Further reading

• furdal 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