Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Lexicalization of cső ([corn]cob) +‎ -stül (together with), originally referring to kukoricacső (corncob) (that is, not only the grains).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃøːʃtyl]
  • Hyphenation: csős‧tül

Adverb

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csőstül (not comparable)

  1. aplenty, galore, in spades, in droves, thick and fast (in large measure, all at once)
    Synonyms: tömegesen, tömegével, tömegestül, bőségesen, garmadával

Usage notes

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It is often used with jön, szakad, hullik, száll, or (when the multitude is in the accusative) ont. With a negative subject like baj (trouble), it expresses “when it rains, it pours”.

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Further reading

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  • csőstül 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
  • csőstül in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).