dől

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tüĺ- (to fall, move down).

Pronunciation

Verb

dől

  1. (intransitive) to topple, to tumble (optionally with lative suffixes)
    Synonyms: ledől, borul, leborul
    Active-voice counterpart: dönt
  2. (intransitive) to slope, to tilt, to incline (optionally with felé)
    Synonym: lejt
  3. (intransitive) to lean, to be propped against something (with -nak/-nek)
    Synonym: támaszkodik
  4. (intransitive) to gush, to pour, to reek (the origin of the liquid or odor is expressed with -ból/-ből or -ról/-ről)
    Synonyms: ömlik, árad, szakad, özönlik

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • dönt (the active counterpart of the verb in its first three senses)

Further reading

  • dől 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
  • dől 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).