Hungarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from figyelem. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfiɟɛl]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧gyel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb edit

figyel

  1. (transitive) to watch, to observe, to pay attention, whether by seeing or hearing or both (to something: -ra/-re)

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • figyel 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