See also: szél

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śälä- (to cut, cut up, slice).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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szel

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to slice, cut, carve (e.g. meat)
  2. (transitive) to plough, (US) plow (e.g. the water or its waves)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ Entry #948 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ szel 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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  • szel 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

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