Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- +‎ múlik

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkimuːlik]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧mú‧lik
  • Rhymes: -uːlik

Verb

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kimúlik

  1. (intransitive, literary, of animals) to die, to perish
    Synonyms: kiszenved, (only of animals, otherwise rude) megdöglik

Usage notes

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It is used more in elevated literary style than in speech.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kimúlik 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