árnyal

Hungarian

Etymology

From árny (shadow, shade) + -al (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːrɲɒl]
  • Hyphenation: ár‧nyal

Verb

árnyal

  1. (transitive) to shade (to shield from light)
  2. (transitive, painting) to shade (to darken, particularly in drawing or painting)
  3. (transitive, painting) to shade (to vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color)
  4. (transitive, figuratively, literary) to tinge (to make slight differences, especially in writing)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beárnyal

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

Further reading

  • árnyal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
  • árnyal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031
  • árnyal in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
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