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menekül

menekül

Hungarian

Verb

menekül

  1. (intransitive) to flee, fly, run away, escape

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átmenekül
  • elmenekül
  • kimenekül
  • megmenekül

Related terms

  • menekít

References

  1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Etymology

The result of conscious word formation from the obsolete menekedik ‎(“to flee”) +‎ -ül, itself from the obsolete menik ‎(“to flee”) +‎ -ekedik ‎(“reflexive suffix”). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnɛkyl]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ne‧kül

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