durmol

Hungarian

Etymology

[1870] From an unattested stem of uncertain origin, perhaps an onomatopoeia + -ol (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdurmol]
  • Hyphenation: dur‧mol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

durmol

  1. (intransitive, slang) to nap, to snooze
    Synonym: szunyál

Conjugation

References

  1. durmol 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

  • durmol in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)
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