Hungarian

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Etymology

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szem (grain) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛmɛl]
  • Hyphenation: sze‧mel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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szemel

  1. (transitive) to select, pick out, sort out (to select/remove seeds, berries one by one)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • szemel 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