virul

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as világ + -ul (frequentative-reflexive suffix). For the vir- stem compare virág (flower) and virrad (to dawn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvirul]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧rul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

virul

  1. (intransitive) to flourish, flower

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • virulás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elvirul
  • felvirul
  • kivirul

(Expressions):

References

  1. virul 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

  • virul 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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