dorgál

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Maybe from Proto-Uralic *tora- (strife; struggle, battle) + -gál (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdorɡaːl]
  • Hyphenation: dor‧gál

Verb

dorgál

  1. (transitive) to rebuke, scold

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dorgálás

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. Entry #1066 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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