See also: szur and szűr

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śurwa- (to thrust, push).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsuːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːr

Verb

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szúr

  1. (transitive) to prick, to pierce, to stab (with a sharp tool, e.g. a needle or a knife; into some body part: -ba/-be or -n/-on/-en/-ön, or onto some object: -ra/-re)
    szúrt sebstab wound
  2. (transitive) to sting, to bite (insect)
    Synonym: csíp
  3. (transitive) to shoot (a form of pain)
  4. (transitive) to strike, to hit
    szemet szúrhit the eye, be conspicuous

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Expressions

References

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  1. ^ Entry #988 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ szúr 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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  • szúr 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