agyal

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Hungarian

Etymology

From agy (brain) +‎ -al (verb-forming suffix). First attested in 1779.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

agyal

  1. (transitive, now dialectal) to beat up, beat to a pulp
    Synonyms: agyabugyál, agyba-főbe ver, elver, helybenhagy
    Perfective: elagyal
  2. (transitive, rare) to invent, devise, make up, come up with (something)
    Synonyms: kieszel, kigondol, kitalál
    Perfective: kiagyal
  3. (intransitive, informal) to ponder, mull over (something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)
    Synonyms: gondolkodik, tanakodik, töpreng, töri a fejét

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ agyal in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • agyal 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
  • agyal in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).