csőstül

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • csőstől

Etymology

Lexicalization of cső (“[corn]cob”) +‎ -stül (“together with”), originally referring to kukoricacső (“corncob”) (that is, not only the grains).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃøːʃtyl]
  • Hyphenation: csős‧tül

Adverb

csőstül (not comparable)

  1. aplenty, galore, in spades, in droves, thick and fast (in large measure, all at once)
    Synonyms: tömegesen, tömegével, tömegestül, bőségesen, garmadával

Usage notes

It is often used with jön, szakad, hullik, száll, or (when the multitude is in the accusative) ont. With a negative subject like baj (“trouble”), it expresses “when it rains, it pours”.

Derived terms

Expressions
  • csőstül jön a baj

Further reading

  • csőstül in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • csőstül in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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