fütyül

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -ül.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fü‧tyül
  • Rhymes: -yl

Verb

fütyül

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to whistle
  2. (intransitive, figurative) not to care (about something: -ra/-re)
    Synonyms: nem törődik, fittyet hány

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ fütyül 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

  • fütyül 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