Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as peng + -dül.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛndyl]
  • Hyphenation: pen‧dül
  • Rhymes: -yl

Verb edit

pendül

  1. (intransitive) to sound, twang (to produce a sharp vibrating sound)

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ pendül 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

  • pendül 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