menekül

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The result of conscious word formation from the archaic menekedik (to flee) + -ül, itself from the obsolete menik (to escape) + -ekedik (reflexive suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnɛkyl]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ne‧kül
  • Rhymes: -yl

Verb

menekül

  1. (intransitive) to flee, fly, run away, escape

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átmenekül
  • elmenekül
  • előremenekül
  • kimenekül
  • megmenekül
  • menekít

References

  1. menekül 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.)

Further reading

  • menekül 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
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