Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as világ +‎ -ul (frequentative-reflexive suffix). For the vir- stem compare virág (flower) and virrad (to dawn).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvirul]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧rul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb edit

virul

  1. (intransitive) to flourish, flower

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ virul 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

  • virul 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