legel

Hungarian

legel (what the cows are doing in the picture)

Etymology

From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -el.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡɛl]
  • Hyphenation: le‧gel

Verb

legel

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to graze, to browse
    • 1863, János Arany, Buda halála, canto 6:
      Értek vala éjszakára / Kur vizének a partjára; / Folyóvíznek partja mellett / Paripájok jól legelhet.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • fellegel
  • lelegel

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
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