hullám

• IPA^(key): [ˈhulːaːm]

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• Hyphenation: hul‧lám
• Rhymes: -aːm

From the verb hull (“to fall”) +‎ -ám (noun-forming suffix).

 

hullám (plural hullámok)

1. wave (moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid)
2. (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the energy level of a field)
3. wave (shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
4. (figuratively) wave (sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced)

From hulla (“corpse”) +‎ -m (“my”, possessive suffix).

hullám

1. first-person singular single-possession possessive of hulla

• hullám 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