Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1790. pletyka (gossip) +‎ -l (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈplɛckaːl]
  • Hyphenation: plety‧kál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb edit

pletykál

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to gossip

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ pletykál 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