talál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tole- + -ál (frequentative suffix). Cognates include Finnish tulla.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒlaːl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lál

Verb

talál

  1. (transitive) to find, come across (encounter or discover by accident)
    Synonyms: rátalál, rábukkan, belebotlik
  2. (transitive) to find (encounter or discover something being searched for)
    Synonym: megtalál
    • 1980, Jules Verne, Zoltán Majtényi (translator), chapter 5, in A rejtelmes sziget[1]:
      Pencroff erős dohányos volt, és ezért a gyufásdoboz sohasem hiányzott a mellényzsebéből. Most azonban nem találta. Átkutatta nadrágja zsebeit is, de legnagyobb elképedésére ott sem akadt rá.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (transitive) to hit (manage to touch, strike, shoot etc. in the right place)
  4. (transitive) to find (decide that, form the opinion that)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ talál 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.)