pirul

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -ul (reflexive suffix). First attested in 1470.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpirul]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rul

Verb

pirul

  1. (intransitive) to blush (to become red in the face due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment)
  2. (intransitive, cooking) to brown, toast (to become brown during cooking or toasting)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • irul-pirul
  • pír
  • pirulás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belepirul
  • elpirul
  • kipirul
  • lepirul
  • megpirul
  • nekipirul

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 963 7094 01 6
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