Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

ki- +‎ rúg

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiruːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rúg
  • Rhymes: -uːɡ

Verb edit

kirúg

  1. (transitive, informal) to fire (to terminate the employment of someone)

Usage notes edit

Used informally in the sense of terminating employment. The formal equivalent is elbocsát.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • kirúg 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