alél

See also: alel

Hungarian

Etymology

From the al- stem of alszik (“to sleep”) +‎ -él (frequentative suffix) [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒleːl]
  • Hyphenation: alél
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Verb

alél

  1. (intransitive, archaic, poetic) Synonym of elalél (“to faint, lose consciousness”)
    Synonym: elájul
  2. (intransitive) to fall somewhere (chiefly as a result of fainting)
    Synonyms: esik, rogy
  3. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to weaken, lose strength
    Synonyms: elgyengül, elbágyad, erejét veszti
  4. (intransitive, figurative, literary, of a plant) to wither, wilt, fade
    Synonyms: kiszárad, elhervad

Usage notes

This form mostly occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • alél (…) el, el … alél ― elalél

Conjugation
conjugation of alél
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. alélok alélsz alél alélunk aléltok alélnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. aléltam aléltál alélt aléltunk aléltatok aléltak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alélnék alélnál alélna alélnánk alélnátok alélnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. aléljak alélj or
aléljál		 aléljon aléljunk aléljatok aléljanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive alélni alélnom alélnod alélnia alélnunk alélnotok alélniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
alélás aléló alélt ― alélva alélhat

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elalél

References
  1. alél 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
  • alél 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
  • alél 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 2023)
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