fúr

See also: fur, Fur, fûr, für, and fur.

Hungarian

Etymology

Of debated origin: [1]

  1. From Proto-Uralic *pura- (to bore; drill). [2]
  2. Native development from fúl (to stab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfuːr]

Verb

fúr

  1. (transitive) to drill
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to intrigue, scheme (to engage in secret schemes to harm someone)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Compound words
With verbal prefixes
  • átfúr
  • befúr
  • belefúr
  • keresztülfúr
  • kifúr
  • lefúr
  • megfúr

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  2. Entry #817 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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