árnyal

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Hungarian

Etymology

From árny (shadow, shade) +‎ -al (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

árnyal

  1. (transitive) to shade (to shield from light)
  2. (transitive, painting) to shade (to darken, particularly in drawing or painting)
  3. (transitive, painting) to shade (to vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color)
  4. (transitive, figuratively, literary) to tinge (to make slight differences, especially in writing)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ árnyal 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

  • árnyal 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
  • árnyal in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
  • árnyal in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI