From an otherwise mostly unattested root of unknown origin + -l (instantaneous suffix). The root is cognate with those of hideg, hiedelem, hűvös.[1]
Compare transitive verb hűt (“to cool something down”)
hűl
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | hűlök | hűlsz | hűl | hűlünk | hűltök | hűlnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | hűltem | hűltél | hűlt | hűltünk | hűltetek | hűltek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. hűlni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | hűlék | hűlél | hűle | hűlénk | hűlétek | hűlének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hűl vala, hűlt vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | hűlendek | hűlendesz | hűlend | hűlendünk | hűlendetek | hűlendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | hűlnék | hűlnél | hűlne | hűlnénk | hűlnétek | hűlnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hűlt volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | hűljek | hűlj or hűljél |
hűljön | hűljünk | hűljetek | hűljenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hűlt légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | hűlni | hűlnöm | hűlnöd | hűlnie | hűlnünk | hűlnötök | hűlniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| hűlés | hűlő | hűlt | ― | hűlve (hűlvén) | |||||
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | hűlhetek | hűlhetsz | hűlhet | hűlhetünk | hűlhettek | hűlhetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | hűlhettem | hűlhettél | hűlhetett | hűlhettünk | hűlhettetek | hűlhettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | hűlheték | hűlhetél | hűlhete | hűlheténk | hűlhetétek | hűlhetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. hűlhet vala, hűlhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | hűlhetendek or hűlandhatok |
hűlhetendesz or hűlandhatsz |
hűlhetend or hűlandhat |
hűlhetendünk or hűlandhatunk |
hűlhetendetek or hűlandhattok |
hűlhetendenek or hűlandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | hűlhetnék | hűlhetnél | hűlhetne | hűlhetnénk | hűlhetnétek | hűlhetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hűlhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | hűlhessek | hűlhess or hűlhessél |
hűlhessen | hűlhessünk | hűlhessetek | hűlhessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hűlhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (hűlhetni) | (hűlhetnem) | (hűlhetned) | (hűlhetnie) | (hűlhetnünk) | (hűlhetnetek) | (hűlhetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (hűlhetve / hűlhetvén) | ||||
(With verbal prefixes):