zabál

See also: zabal

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1395. Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian zobati (to peck). With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɒbaːl]
  • Hyphenation: za‧bál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

zabál

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to gobble (to eat hastily or greedily)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • zabálás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • agyonzabál
  • bezabál
  • felzabál
  • megzabál
  • összezabál
  • végigzabál

Further reading

  • zabál 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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