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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Prefix
túl-
- (verbal prefix) over; beyond something, farther
- él (“to live”) → túlél (“to survive”)
- excessive, excess, over- (greater than the usual)
- súly (“weight”) → túlsúly (“overweight”)
- opposite, far, the other
- Synonym: túlsó
- túlvilág ― afterworld
- over (beyond a certain time)
- túlóra ― overtime
- over (overly, excessively)
- túlérzékeny ― oversensitive
- túlbuzgó ― overzealous, overeager
Derived terms
- See also the derived terms of túl as an adverb and as a postposition.
See also
References
- túl- in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.