rombol

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See also: romból

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of debated origin:[1]

  • From Proto-Slavic *rǫbiti, in which case it must have arrived before the late 10th century or from an Eastern South Slavic variant before the late 12th century due to the preserved m, compare galamb, gomba.
  • From the same unattested stem of unknown origin as romlik, with the frequentative suffix -bol, cf. dorombol.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrombol]
  • Hyphenation: rom‧bol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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rombol

  1. (transitive) to destroy, ravage

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ rombol in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • rombol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN