furdal

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1533. From fúr (“to drill, to bore”) +‎ -dal (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfurdɒl]
  • Hyphenation: fur‧dal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb

furdal

  1. (transitive, archaic) to prick, to stick, to prod, to poke, to dig (repeatedly or multiple times)
    Synonyms: furkál, döfköd

Usage notes

Today it is almost only used with lelkiismeret (“conscience”) (or synonymous concepts like bűntudat (“guilt, remorse”)) and kíváncsiság (“curiosity”) as well as in the phrase below, otherwise it is archaic.

Conjugation
conjugation of furdal
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. furdalok furdalsz furdal furdalunk furdaltok furdalnak
Def. furdalom furdalod furdalja furdaljuk furdaljátok furdalják
2nd-p. o. furdallak ―
Past Indef. furdaltam furdaltál furdalt furdaltunk furdaltatok furdaltak
Def. furdaltam furdaltad furdalta furdaltuk furdaltátok furdalták
2nd-p. o. furdaltalak ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. furdalnék furdalnál furdalna furdalnánk furdalnátok furdalnának
Def. furdalnám furdalnád furdalná furdalnánk
(or furdalnók)		 furdalnátok furdalnák
2nd-p. o. furdalnálak ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. furdaljak furdalj or
furdaljál		 furdaljon furdaljunk furdaljatok furdaljanak
Def. furdaljam furdald or
furdaljad		 furdalja furdaljuk furdaljátok furdalják
2nd-p. o. furdaljalak ―
Infinitive furdalni furdalnom furdalnod furdalnia furdalnunk furdalnotok furdalniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
furdalás furdaló furdalt furdalandó furdalva furdalhat

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átfurdal
  • kifurdal
Expressions

References
  1. furdal 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.), at the entry of fúr.

Further reading
  • furdal 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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