Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the pec variant of pedz (to nibble at the bait/hook) +‎ -köl (frequentative suffix). [1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpøt͡skøl]
  • Hyphenation: pöc‧köl
  • Rhymes: -øl

Verb edit

pöcköl

  1. (transitive) to flick (to move something away with a quick motion by pulling back the index finger with the thumb and then releasing it so the nail of the index finger flicks the object away)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ pöcköl 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 edit

  • pöcköl 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