elpatkol

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ patkol. First attested in 1708, originally in the sense of 'to depart, to flee'.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: el‧pat‧kol
  • Rhymes: -ol
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Verb

elpatkol

  1. (intransitive, slang) to kick the bucket, to snuff it, to croak
    Synonyms: meghal, beadja a kulcsot, feldobja a bakancsot, otthagyja a fogát

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ elpatkol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • elpatkol 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
  • elpatkol 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).