szűkül

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1474. From szűk (narrow, tight) +‎ -ül (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsyːkyl]
  • Hyphenation: szű‧kül
  • Rhymes: -yl

Verb

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szűkül

  1. (intransitive) to narrow, tighten (to become reduced in width or extent)
    Antonyms: bővül, tágul
    A barlang egyre szűkült.The cave was getting narrower.
    Hideg időben szűkülnek az erek.Blood vessels narrow in cold weather.
    Szénmonoxid hatására szűkülnek az erek.Blood vessels narrow under the influence of carbon monoxide.
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to become smaller/narrower
    A piac szűkül, egyre kevesebben veszik a terméket.The market is narrowing, fewer and fewer people are buying the product.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ szűkül 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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  • szűkül 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