száll
Hungarian Edit
Etymology Edit
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
száll
- (intransitive) to fly, soar (optionally with locative suffixes)
- 1863, János Arany, Buda halála[1], canto 6:
- Száll a madár, ágrul ágra, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive, of time) to fly, to pass
- (intransitive) to settle on/onto/at someone or something (used with lative suffixes)
- Synonym: telepedik
- A madár egy faágra szállt. ― The bird alighted on a tree branch.
- (intransitive, of inheritance, legacy) to come into someone’s ownership, to fall on someone, to be transferred to someone by law (used with -ra/-re)
- Synonym: jut
- Az örökség rám száll. ― The inheritance is transferred to me / I get the inheritance.
- (intransitive) to get into, board a vehicle (usually with -ba/-be for cars and -ra/-re for all other vehicles; see Usage notes at felszáll)
- (intransitive, archaic) Synonym of megszáll (“to stay with someone or at a place overnight”)
Usage notes Edit
Not to be confused with the noun szál (“thread”) which is pronounced with a short l.
Conjugation Edit
conjugation of száll
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | szállok | szállsz | száll | szállunk | szálltok | szállnak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | szálltam | szálltál | szállt | szálltunk | szálltatok | szálltak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | szállnék | szállnál | szállna | szállnánk | szállnátok | szállnának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | szálljak | szállj or szálljál |
szálljon | szálljunk | szálljatok | szálljanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | szállni | szállnom | szállnod | szállnia | szállnunk | szállnotok | szállniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
szállás | szálló | szállt | ― | szállva | szállhat |
In archaic or literary style, the long forms (with a linking vowel) are (were) common in the past tense, as well as in the present-tense conditional (even if it is short otherwise):
conjugation of száll
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | szállok | szállasz | száll | szállunk | szállotok | szállanak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | szállottam | szállottál | szállott | szállottunk | szállottatok | szállottak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | szállanék | szállanál | szállana | szállanánk | szállanátok | szállanának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | szálljak | szállj or szálljál |
szálljon | szálljunk | szálljatok | szálljanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | szállani | szállanom | szállanod | szállania | szállanunk | szállanotok | szállaniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
szállás | szálló | szállott | ― | szállva | szállhat |
Derived terms Edit
(With verbal prefixes):
Expressions
References Edit
- ^ száll 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 Edit
- száll 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