korhol

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian koriti, Russian корить (koritʹ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkorɦol]
  • Hyphenation: kor‧hol

Verb

korhol

  1. (transitive, literary) to scold, rebuke (to criticize at length but with good intentions, with the purpose of correcting)
    Synonyms: dorgál, pirongat, szid, fedd,

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  2. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
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