Hungarian

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Etymology

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From sír (to cry) +‎ -dogál (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃiːrdoɡaːl]
  • Hyphenation: sír‧do‧gál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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sírdogál

  1. (intransitive) to cry, weep, sob quietly, softly, for a longer time
  2. (transitive, rare) to moan, complain (to say something in a crying voice)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ sírdogál 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.)

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