kétell

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

két (two) +‎ -ell (verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːtɛlː]
  • Hyphenation: ké‧tell
  • Rhymes: -ɛlː

Verb[edit]

kétell

  1. (transitive) to doubt, question
    Synonyms: (transitive) kétségbe von, (intransitive, with -ban/-ben) kételkedik

Conjugation[edit]

Its multiple inflected forms may also be viewed as the conjugation of two verbs (a verb and its alternative form), one with a short l and one with a long ll, in which case the former could be treated as a defective verb, not having a present-tense third-person singular indefinite form, only a definite kétli, compare (meg)sínyli. See also telik and its variant tellik, where the latter is mostly used in long (vowel-epenthetic) forms, namely in the past tense.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ kétell 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[edit]

  • kétell in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN
  • (archaic form) kétel 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
  • kétel in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.