ül

See also: -ül, uel, and Appendix:Variations of "ul"

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈyl]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -yl

Verb

ül

  1. (intransitive) to sit, to be in a sitting position
  2. (transitive, informal) to serve time
    Tíz évet ült gyilkosságért.He served 10 years for murder.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, of a feeling or quality) to appear, to be there
    Szomorúság ült a szemében.There was sadness in her eyes.
    Csend ült a szobára.There was silence in the room.
  4. (transitive, with an explicit object, literary) to celebrate, feast
  5. (informal) hit home, strike a chord (to get the desired effect, as of a joke)

Usage notes

This verb implies ongoing state. To describe a change in state, use the derived verbs leül (to sit down), as in a change from standing to sitting, or felül (to sit up), as in a change from lying down or slouching to sitting.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átül
  • beül
  • beleül
  • elül
  • előreül
  • felül
  • fölül
  • hátraül
  • kiül
  • körbeül
  • körülül
  • leül
  • megül
  • melléül
  • nekiül
  • odaül
  • összeül
  • ráül
  • szembeül
  • végigül
  • visszaül
Expressions

See also

References

  1. ül 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

  • (to sit): ül 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
  • (to celebrate): ül 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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