See also: huz, Huz, and huž

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric *kupɜ-tɜ- (to tear, pull, draw).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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húz

  1. (transitive) to pull, draw
    Synonym: (chiefly in phrases) von
    Troponyms: (to yank) ránt, vonszol, (to drag, haul, tow) vontat
  2. (intransitive, ergative, slang) to leave, take off, roll, split, vamoose, buzz off (usually with an adverb of place, whether expressing the destination, or the departure like innen (from here), or both)
    Synonyms: elhúz, lelép, eltűnik, (only with an adverb of place) tűnik, elhúzza a csíkot

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #1782 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ húz in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • húz 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