Seeen- § Etymology.

el-

1. The form taken byen- before theconsonantl likeellipse andelliptical)-->, as itassimilatesplace of articulation.

Fromel(“from”).

el-

1. out,from

   elveni(“come out”),eltiri(“pull out, draw out”),elĵeti(“throw out”)

2. all the way, to a significant degree of completion,up

   eltrinki(“to drink up, drink all of something”),eluzi(“to use up, wear out”),ellerni(“to learn all the way, to master”)

Cognate withNorthern Mansiэл-(èl-).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛl]

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el-

1. (verbal prefix)indicates actions whose direction is pointing away from the speaker, either literally or figuratively

   megy(“to go, to walk”) →elmegy(“to go away”)

   vet(“to throw, to cast”) →elvet(“to dismiss, to rule out, to throw out (a plan or a possible solution)”)

   néz(“to look”) →elnéz(“to excuse, to forgive, to look the other way”)

2. (verbal prefix)indicates the unsuccessful or inaccurate completion of an action

   ír(“to write”) →elír(“to misspell”)

   számol(“to calculate”) →elszámol(“to miscalculate”)

   néz(“to look”) →elnéz(“to overlook”)

3. (verbal prefix)indicates separation, deprivation, etc.

   lop(“to steal something”) →ellop(“to steal something from someone”)

   zár(“to lock”) →elzár(“to lock away, to store something securely”)

5. (verbal prefix)indicates completeness or perfection

   Synonym:meg-

   alszik(“to sleep”) →elalszik(“to fall asleep”)

   éget(“to burn”) →eléget(“to burn away, to destroy completely by burning”)

   játszik(“to act”) →eljátszik(“to act out”)

   fogy(“to decrease, to diminish (in size, quantity, etc.)”) →elfogy(“to get used up”)

6. (verbal prefix)indicates continuity over a long period of time

   áll(“to stand”) →eláll(“of food: to remain fresh, not to get spoiled”)

   van(“to be, to exist”) →elvan(“to entertain/amuse oneself”)

   néz(“to look”) →elnéz(“to observe something, to watch”)

   játszik(“to play”) →eljátszik(“to play for a long time”)

• el
• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

• Hungarian verb prefixes in the English Wikipedia

• ele-,æl-

FromProto-West Germanic*ali-,*allja-, fromProto-Germanic*ali- ~*alja-, combining form of*aljaz(“other”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂élyos. Cognate withOld Saxoneli-,Old High Germaneli-, andOld Norsealja-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈel/

el-

1. foreign,strange
2. different,other

Unknown.

el-

1. tolean

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “el-”, inA Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi,→ISBN,page103

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