visel

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Panda10 (talk | contribs) as of 17:53, 22 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Hungarian

Etymology

From the vi- stem of visz (to carry) +‎ -sel (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviʃɛl]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧sel

Verb

visel

  1. (transitive, of clothing) to wear, have on (the object is in accusative case -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
    Kalapot visel.He is wearing a hat.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to bear, endure, suffer
    Jól viselte a fájdalmat.He/she endured the pain well.
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to behave, to handle oneself (well or badly)
    Jól viselte magát?Did he/she behave well?

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ visel 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.)
  2. ^ visel in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • visel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN