sír-rí
Hungarian
Etymology
Verb-verb compound, sír (“to cry”) + rí (“to weep”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃiːrːiː]
- Hyphenation: sír-‧rí
- Rhymes: -riː
Verb
- (intransitive) to cry for a long time or repeatedly
Conjugation
Both verbs are conjugated independently, always connected with a hyphen.
Further reading
- sír-rí 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.