Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1470. From the same stem of unknown origin as gyújt +‎ -l (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gyúl

  1. (intransitive, literary) to light up, to become lighted/illuminated
    Synonyms: meggyullad, lobban, fellobban, fellángol, világítani kezd
    Active-voice counterpart: gyújt
    Fény gyúlt a szobában.A light came on in the room.
  2. (intransitive, literary) to light up (to have a sudden realization and understanding, an inspiration, an idea)
    Synonyms: megvilágosodik, világossá válik
    Világosság gyúlt a fejében.The light bulb went on in his head.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively, literary, of emotions) to become inflamed with emotions, anger, love, ardent desire (followed by -ra/-re)
    Synonyms: gyullad, gerjed, lobban
    Haragra gyúlt.He became enraged.
    Szerelemre gyúlt.He became enamored.
    Hirtelen gyűlölet gyúlt bennük.Suddenly hatred came over them.
    Az ég vörösre gyúlt.The sky started burning in red.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • gyúl 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