borul

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as borít + -ul (reflexive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈborul]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧rul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

borul

  1. (intransitive, of sky, weather) to cloud, cloud over (to overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds)
    Borul az ég.The sky is clouding over.
    Borul az idő, esni fog.It’s getting clouded, it is going to rain.
  2. (intransitive) to fall into or onto/upon something (with lative suffixes)
    virágba borulto blossom (to break into flowers)
    könnybe borul a szemeone’s eyes fill with tears
    nyakába borulto fall on someone’s neck, to throw oneself on someone’s neck
    térdre borulto fall down on one's knees

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beborul
  • egybeborul
  • elborul
  • eléborul
  • előreborul
  • felborul
  • félreborul
  • hátraborul
  • kiborul
  • leborul
  • nekiborul
  • odaborul
  • összeborul
  • ráborul
  • szétborul
Expressions
  • arcra borul
  • földre borul
  • gyászba borul
  • ködbe borul
  • nyakába borul
  • térdre borul
  • vérbe borul
  • virágba borul

References

  1. borul 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

  • borul 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
  • borul in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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