szunyál

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1820. Likely from the dialectal szunyik (to slumber, sleep) + -ál.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsuɲaːl]
  • Hyphenation: szu‧nyál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

szunyál

  1. (intransitive, slang) to nap, to snooze
    Synonym: durmol

Conjugation

References

  1. szunyál 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.)
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