forr

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See also: förr

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

forr

  1. (intransitive) to boil, be on the boil, simmer
    Forr a víz!The water is boiling!
  2. (by extension) to be seething (with rage or anger)
    Forr benne a düh.He is seething with anger. (literally, “[The] anger is seething in him.”)
  3. (obsolete) to spring up (to emerge from the ground like springwater)

Conjugation[edit]

or (chiefly in certain prefixed forms, optionally)

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • forr 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