kínál

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an unattested stem + -ál (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːnaːl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kí‧nál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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kínál

  1. (transitive) to offer (someone) something, especially food or drink (-val/-vel)
    Synonym: szolgál
    Perfective: megkínál
    Kávéval kínáltuk a vendégeket.We offered the guests coffee.
  2. (transitive) to offer (something) to someone (-nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: ad, ajánl, felajánl, nyújt
    Perfective: felkínál
    Kávét kínáltunk a vendégeknek.We offered coffee to the guests.
  3. (transitive) to offer (something) for sale
    Aranyat kínálnak nekünk eladásra.They offer us gold for sale.
  4. (transitive, of a thing) to offer, present (something) to the sight etc.
    • 1967, E. M. Forster, chapter I, in Árpád Göncz, transl., Út Indiába, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, part I (A mecset), page 9; translation of A Passage to India, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1942 [1924]:
      Csandrapur városa nem kínál semmi rendkívülit, csak a marabári barlangokat, s azok is húsz mérföldnyire vannak a várostól.
      [original: Except for the Marabar Caves—and they are twenty miles off—the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary.]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

See also

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References

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  1. ^ kínál 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.)

Further reading

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  • kínál 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