legel

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Hungarian

legel (what the cows are doing in the picture)

Etymology

From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -el.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

legel

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to graze, to browse
    • 1863, János Arany, translated by Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and Ádám Makkai (Q674247), Buda halála, canto 6:
      Értek vala éjszakára / Kur vizének a partjára; / Folyóvíznek partja mellett / Paripájok jól legelhet.
      They find themselves as daylight sinks / where Kur’s broad waters sweep and swell, / on meadows by the river-brinks / their weary steeds may pasture well.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ legel 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

  • legel 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

Slovene

Participle

lẹ́gəł

  1. masculine singular l-participle of lẹ́či