túl-

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuːl]

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• Hyphenation: túl

túl-

1. (verbal prefix) over; beyond something, farther

   él (“to live”) → túlél (“to survive”)

2. excessive, excess, over- (greater than the usual)

   súly (“weight”) → túlsúly (“overweight”)

3. opposite, far, the other

   Synonym: túlsó

   túlvilág ― afterworld

4. over (beyond a certain time)

   túlóra ― overtime

5. over (overly, excessively)

   túlérzékeny ― oversensitive

   túlbuzgó ― overzealous, overeager

See also the derived terms of túl as an adverb and as a postposition.

• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

• túl- 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.