nyúl

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲuːl]

From Proto-Uralic *ńomala (“hare”).[1] Cognates include Northern Sami njoammil, Tundra Enets наба (naba, “hare”), and Erzya нумоло (numolo, “hare”).

nyúl (plural nyulak)

1. rabbit (mammal), hare
2. a coward, shy person in the collocation gyáva nyúl (literally: shy rabbit)

• nyulacska, nyuszi, nyuszika (diminutives)

(Compound words)

• csokoládényúl
• nyúlszívű

(Expressions):

• házi nyúl
• húsvéti nyúl

From the same stem as nyújt +‎ -l (frequentative suffix).[2]

nyúl

1. (intransitive) to reach one's hand for something

• This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik), the transitive forms if one of them is transitive (if either, it is the one without -ik) as well as an optional first-person singular indicative present indefinite form of the -ik verb. However, the meaning of these pairs is often unrelated. Examples include bán–bánik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik, ér–érik, nyúl–nyúlik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik and tör–törik (the latter two pairs with related meanings; tör[ik] along with their verbal prefixes). Therefore one may well need to check the context and the verb arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.

• nyúlik
• nyúlvány

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

• darázsfészekbe nyúl