sípol

See also: sipol

Hungarian

Etymology

From (to howl, cry) (archaic) + -p (either an instantaneous suffix or a variant of the sound -v from the siv- stem of the base verb) + -ol (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃiːpol]
  • Hyphenation: sí‧pol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

sípol

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to whistle (to produce a whistling sound)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • síp
  • sípolgat
  • sípoltat

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. sípol 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.)
  2. síp in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • sípol 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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