ül

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• Rhymes: -yl

ül

1. (intransitive) to sit, to be in a sitting position
2. (transitive, informal) to serve time

   Tíz évet ült gyilkosságért. ― He served 10 years for murder.

3. (transitive, intransitive, of a feeling or quality) to appear, to be there

   Szomorúság ült a szemében. ― There was sadness in her eyes.

   Csend ült a szobára. ― There was silence in the room.

4. (transitive, with an explicit object, literary) to celebrate, feast
5. (informal) hit home, strike a chord (to get the desired effect, as of a joke)

This verb implies ongoing state. To describe a change in state, use the derived verbs leül (“to sit down”), as in a change from standing to sitting, or felül (“to sit up”), as in a change from lying down or slouching to sitting.

(With verbal prefixes):

• csüccs
• csücsül, csüccsen

• (to sit): ül in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (to celebrate): ül in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From earlier *üllë < *ülërë, from Proto-Nuristani *udara, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *udáras, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈyl/ (tone class B)

ül (Pashki, Pronz)^[1]

1. belly