szörnyethal

Hungarian

Etymology

From an earlier variant of the adjective szörnyű (awful, accusative) + hal (to die)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsørɲɛthɒl]
  • Hyphenation: ször‧nyet‧hal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb

szörnyethal

  1. (intransitive) to drop dead (to die suddenly on the spot in a shocking way)

Conjugation

References

  1. Mit hal? Szörnyet? (László Kálmán, Nyest, December 3, 2012)

Further reading

  • szörnyethal 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
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