nyúl

== Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɲuːl] Hyphenation: nyúl Rhymes: -uːl === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Uralic *ńomala. Cognates include Northern Sami njoammil, Tundra Enets наба (naba, “hare”) and Erzya нумоло (numolo, “hare”). ==== Noun ==== nyúl (plural nyulak) rabbit (mammal), hare (slang) chicken, scaredy-cat (a coward) gyáva nyúl ― scaredy-cat (literally, “cowardly rabbit”) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From the same stem as nyújt +‎ -l (frequentative suffix). ==== Verb ==== nyúl (intransitive) to reach one's hand for something (with -ért or után) ===== Usage notes ===== This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, (meg)ér–(meg)érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, hasonul–(meg)hasonlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== (With verbal prefixes): === References === === Further reading === (rabbit): nyúl in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (to reach): nyúl in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.