See also: fur, Fur, fûr, für, and fur.

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Of debated origin: [1]

  1. From Proto-Uralic *pura- (to bore; drill). [2]
  2. Native word from fúl (to stab).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fúr

  1. (transitive) to drill
  2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to intrigue, scheme (to engage in secret schemes to harm someone)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

References edit

  1. ^ fúr 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. ^ Entry #817 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading edit

  • fúr 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