borul

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as borít +‎ -ul (“reflexive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborul]
• Hyphenation: bo‧rul
• Rhymes: -ul

Verb

borul

1. (intransitive, of sky, weather) to cloud, cloud over (to overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds)

   Borul az ég. ― The sky is clouding over.

   Borul az idő, esni fog. ― It’s getting clouded, it is going to rain.

2. (intransitive) to fall into or onto/upon something (with lative suffixes)

   virágba borul ― to blossom (to break into flowers)

   könnybe borul a szeme ― one’s eyes fill with tears

   nyakába borul ― to fall on someone’s neck, to throw oneself on someone’s neck

   térdre borul ― to fall down on one's knees

Conjugation

conjugation of borul

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	borulok	borulsz	borul	borulunk	borultok	borulnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	borultam	borultál	borult	borultunk	borultatok	borultak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. borulni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	borulék	borulál	borula	borulánk	borulátok	borulának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. borul vala, borult vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	borulandok	borulandasz	boruland	borulandunk	borulandotok	borulandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	borulnék	borulnál	borulna	borulnánk	borulnátok	borulnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. borult volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	boruljak	borulj or boruljál	boruljon	boruljunk	boruljatok	boruljanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. borult légyen
Infinitive	borulni		borulnom	borulnod	borulnia	borulnunk	borulnotok	borulniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	borulás		boruló	borult	―	borulva (borulván)

potential conjugation of borul

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	borulhatok	borulhatsz	borulhat	borulhatunk	borulhattok	borulhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	borulhattam	borulhattál	borulhatott	borulhattunk	borulhattatok	borulhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	borulhaték	borulhatál	borulhata	borulhatánk	borulhatátok	borulhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. borulhat vala, borulhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	borulhatandok or borulandhatok	borulhatandasz or borulandhatsz	borulhatand or borulandhat	borulhatandunk or borulandhatunk	borulhatandotok or borulandhattok	borulhatandanak or borulandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	borulhatnék	borulhatnál	borulhatna	borulhatnánk	borulhatnátok	borulhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. borulhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	borulhassak	borulhass or borulhassál	borulhasson	borulhassunk	borulhassatok	borulhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. borulhatott légyen
Inf.	(borulhatni)		(borulhatnom)	(borulhatnod)	(borulhatnia)	(borulhatnunk)	(borulhatnotok)	(borulhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(borulhatva / borulhatván)

Derived terms

• borulat
• borulás
• borulékony

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• beborul
• egybeborul
• elborul
• eléborul
• előreborul
• felborul
• félreborul
• hátraborul
• kiborul
• leborul
• nekiborul
• odaborul
• összeborul
• ráborul
• szétborul

Expressions

• arcra borul
• földre borul
• gyászba borul
• ködbe borul
• nyakába borul
• térdre borul
• vérbe borul
• virágba borul

 

Related terms

• borít

 

Further reading

• borul 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
• borul in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)