el-

From el (“from”).

el-

1. out, from

   elveni (“come out”), eltiri (“pull out, draw out”), elĵeti (“throw out”)

2. all the way, to a significant degree of completion, up

   eltrinki (“to drink up, drink all of something”), eluzi (“to use up, wear out”), ellerni (“to learn all the way, to master”)

Cognate with Northern Mansi эл- (èl-).

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el-

1. (verbal prefix) indicates actions whose direction is pointing away from the speaker, either literally or figuratively

   megy (“to go, to walk”) → elmegy (“to go away”)

   vet (“to throw, to cast”) → elvet (“to dismiss, to rule out, to throw out (a plan or a possible solution)”)

   néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to excuse, to forgive, to look the other way”)

2. (verbal prefix) indicates the unsuccessful or inaccurate completion of an action

   ír (“to write”) → elír (“to misspell”)

   számol (“to calculate”) → elszámol (“to miscalculate”)

   néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to overlook”)

3. (verbal prefix) indicates separation, deprivation, etc.

   lop (“to steal something”) → ellop (“to steal something from someone”)

   zár (“to lock”) → elzár (“to lock away, to store something securely”)

5. (verbal prefix) indicates completeness or perfection

   Synonym: meg-

   alszik (“to sleep”) → elalszik (“to fall asleep”)

   éget (“to burn”) → eléget (“to burn away, to destroy completely by burning”)

   játszik (“to act”) → eljátszik (“to act out”)

   fogy (“to decrease, to diminish (in size, quantity, etc.)”) → elfogy (“to get used up”)

6. (verbal prefix) indicates continuity over a long period of time

   áll (“to stand”) → eláll (“of food: to remain fresh, not to get spoiled”)

   van (“to be, to exist”) → elvan (“to entertain/amuse oneself”)

   néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to observe something, to watch”)

   játszik (“to play”) → eljátszik (“to play for a long time”)

• el
• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

• Hungarian verb prefixes in the English Wikipedia

• ele-, æl-

From Proto-West Germanic *ali-, *allja-, from Proto-Germanic *ali- ~ *alja-, combining form of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with Old Saxon eli-, Old High German eli-, and Old Norse alja-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈel/

el-

1. foreign, strange
2. different, other

Unknown.

el-

1. to lean

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “el-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 103