legel

See also: Legel

Hungarian

legel (what the cows are doing in the picture)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡɛl]
  • Hyphenation: le‧gel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

legel

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to graze, to browse
    • 1863, János Arany, Buda halála, canto 6:
      Értek vala éjszakára / Kur vizének a partjára; / Folyóvíznek partja mellett / Paripájok jól legelhet.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • fellegel
  • lelegel

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
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