Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

zseb (pocket) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛbɛl]
  • Hyphenation: zse‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb edit

zsebel

  1. (transitive) to fleece, bleed (to take money from)
  2. (transitive) to line one's pockets

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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Further reading edit

  • zsebel 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