piszkál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem + -kál (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

piszkál

  1. (transitive) to pick, needle
  2. (transitive) to cavil, tease, provoke
  3. (transitive) to vex, annoy, badger

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ piszkál 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

  • piszkál 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