pirul

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -ul (reflexive suffix). First attested in 1470.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpirul]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

pirul

  1. (intransitive) to blush (to become red in the face due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment)
  2. (intransitive, cooking) to brown, toast (to become brown during cooking or toasting)

Conjugation
conjugation of pirul
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. pirulok pirulsz pirul pirulunk pirultok pirulnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. pirultam pirultál pirult pirultunk pirultatok pirultak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. pirulnék pirulnál pirulna pirulnánk pirulnátok pirulnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. piruljak pirulj or
piruljál		 piruljon piruljunk piruljatok piruljanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive pirulni pirulnom pirulnod pirulnia pirulnunk pirulnotok pirulniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
pirulás piruló pirult ― pirulva pirulhat

Derived terms
  • irul-pirul
  • pirulás
  • pír

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belepirul
  • elpirul
  • kipirul
  • lepirul
  • megpirul
  • nekipirul

References
  1. pirul 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
  • pirul 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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