beszél

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Hungarian

Etymology

From beszéd (speech) +‎ -l (verb-forming suffix), the cluster -dl simplified to -ll (compare hall, vall), then -l.[1] Also compare its obsolete form beszédl with remél, szégyell, and archaic segél derived from unassimilated earlier reményl, szégyenl, and segédl.

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  • Hyphenation: be‧szél
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Verb

beszél

  1. (intransitive, in certain phrases transitive) to speak, talk (to/with someone: -val/-vel, one-sidedly: -hoz/-hez/-höz, about something: -ról/-ről)
    Beszéltem az orvossal.I talked to the doctor.
    Miről beszélt az előadó?What did the speaker talk about?
    Suttogva beszéltek egymáshoz.They spoke to each other in whispers.
  2. (intransitive) to speak (in some language: -ul/-ül)
    Japánul beszéltek.They were speaking in Japanese.
    Beszélsz angolul?Do you speak English?
  3. (intransitive, rare, now only in set phrases) to matter, to count, to have weight, to deserve attention
    Synonym: számít
  4. (intransitive, construed as magáért beszél) to speak for oneself (to have obvious implications; to require no explanation)
    Az eredmények magukért beszélnek.The results speak for themselves.

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References

  1. ^ beszél 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

  • beszél 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
  • beszél 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).