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. Also compare its obsolete form beszédl with remél, szégyell, and archaic segél derived from unassimilated earlier reményl, szégyenl, and segédl.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: be‧szél
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Verb

beszél

  1. (intransitive, in certain phrases transitive) to speak, talk (to someone: -val/-vel, one-sidedly: -hoz/-hez/-höz, about something: -ról/-ről, in some language: -ul/-ül)
  2. (intransitive, rare, now only in set phrases) to matter, to count, to have weight, to deserve attention
    Synonym: számít
  3. (intransitive, construed as magáért beszél) to speak for oneself (to have obvious implications; to require no explanation)

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References

  1. ^ beszél in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)