felesel

Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic feles (“sharing partner”) +‎ -el (frequentative verb-forming suffix), from fél +‎ -es.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɛʃɛl]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧le‧sel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

felesel

  1. (intransitive) to talk back, to respond insolently, to answer repeatedly with temper (to someone -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: nyelvel, pimaszkodik, visszabeszél, (vulgar) visszapofázik
    Mindig felesel velem! ― He/she is always talking back to me!

Conjugation
conjugation of felesel
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. feleselek feleselsz felesel feleselünk feleseltek feleselnek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. feleseltem feleseltél feleselt feleseltünk feleseltetek feleseltek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. feleselnék feleselnél feleselne feleselnénk feleselnétek feleselnének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. feleseljek feleselj or
feleseljél		 feleseljen feleseljünk feleseljetek feleseljenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive feleselni feleselnem feleselned feleselnie feleselnünk feleselnetek feleselniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
feleselés feleselő feleselt ― feleselve feleselhet

Derived terms
  • feleselés
  • feleselget

(With verbal prefixes):

  • ráfelesel
  • visszafelesel

References
  1. felesel 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.)
  2. felesel in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading
  • felesel 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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