Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the archaic szégyenl with -nl - -ll assimilation, from szégyen +‎ -l (verb-forming suffix), a shorter variant of szégyenel.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈseːɟɛlː]
  • Hyphenation: szé‧gyell
  • Rhymes: -ɛlː

Verb edit

szégyell

  1. (transitive) to be ashamed of something
    Antonym: büszke (proud, adjective)

Conjugation edit

or (less commonly)

Derived terms edit

(With verbal prefixes):

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ szégyell 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