Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1790. pletyka (gossip) +‎ -l (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈplɛckaːl]
  • Hyphenation: plety‧kál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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pletykál

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to gossip

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ pletykál 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.)

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