elül

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlyl]
• Hyphenation: el‧ül

From el- +‎ ül.

elül

1. (intransitive) to sit away, to sit elsewhere (from: mellől or -tól/-től)
2. (intransitive, dated, rare) to sit down

   Synonym: leül

3. (transitive) to block (by sitting)
4. (intransitive, transitive) to sit for a while
5. (transitive) to make numb by sitting
6. (intransitive, of birds, bats, etc.) to go to perch, to go to roost (somewhere)
7. (intransitive, literary) to sink, to subside

   Synonyms: elsüllyed, lesüllyed

   1. (higher register, of dust, powder, etc.) to settle
   2. (dated) to go down, to set (of a celestial body, to disappear below the horizon)

      Synonyms: lemegy, lenyugszik

8. (transitive, dated, literary, literally of substance or figuratively of oppressive feeling) to cover, to settle upon
9. (intransitive) to die down, to subside

   Synonyms: lecsillapodik, mérséklődik

10. (intransitive, somewhat dated, literary) to fade away, to recede
11. (intransitive, dated, rare) to pale, to pale in comparison (beside/next to: mellett)

See elöl. This form first attested in 1763.^[1]

elül (superlative legelül)

1. (somewhat dated, folksy) alternative form of elöl

• elül 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).
• (verb): (1): elül 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.
• (adverb): (2): elül 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.