borul
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same stem as borít + -ul (“reflexive suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈborul]
- Hyphenation: bo‧rul
- Rhymes: -ul
Verb
borul
- (intransitive, of sky, weather) to cloud, cloud over (to overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds)
- Borul az ég. ― The sky is clouding over.
- Borul az idő, esni fog. ― It's getting clouded, it is going to rain.
- (intransitive) to fall into something (-ba/-be)
- virágba borul ― to blossom (to break into flowers)
- könnybe borul a szeme ― one's eyes fill with tears
- nyakába borul ― to fall on someone's neck, to throw oneself on someone's neck
- (intransitive) to fall onto something (-ra/-re)
- térdre borul ― to fall down on one's knees
Conjugation
conjugation of borul
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 | |||
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Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | borulok | borulsz | borul | borulunk | borultok | borulnak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | borultam | borultál | borult | borultunk | borultatok | borultak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | borulnék | borulnál | borulna | borulnánk | borulnátok | borulnának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | boruljak | borulj or boruljál | boruljon | boruljunk | boruljatok | boruljanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | borulni | borulnom | borulnod | borulnia | borulnunk | borulnotok | borulniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
borulás | boruló | borult | ― | borulva | borulhat |
Derived terms
- borulat
- borulás
- borulékony
(With verbal prefixes):
- beborul
- egybeborul
- elborul
- eléborul
- előreborul
- felborul
- félreborul
- hátraborul
- kiborul
- leborul
- nekiborul
- odaborul
- összeborul
- ráborul
- szétborul
Expressions
- arcra borul
- földre borul
- gyászba borul
- ködbe borul
- nyakába borul
- térdre borul
- vérbe borul
- virágba borul
Related terms
- borít
References
- borul 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
- borul in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- borul 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)