Meghajló

Meghajló is a Hungarian term that functions as a present participle and an adjective derived from the verb meghajolni, meaning to bow or to bow down. The form denotes performing or being in the act of bowing. In usage, meghajló can modify a noun (for example, a bowing gesture or a bowed head) or describe a person’s action (meghajló fejével). It translates to “bowing” or “bowed” depending on context. The corresponding past participle is meghajlott, meaning “bowed,” and the noun form for the act is meghajlás, meaning “the act of bowing.”

Etymology and morphology: het hajl comes from hajl meaning “to bend.” The prefix meg- marks a completed or intensive aspect, and the suffix -ó forms a present participle/adjective, yielding meghajló for ongoing or characteristic bending or bowing.

Usage notes: Meghajló is most common in descriptive or literary prose to convey a gesture or posture. In everyday speech, speakers often use meghajlott (bowed) or constructions based on meghajolni to express the action rather than the bare participial form.

Relation to other forms: The verb pair includes meghajolni (to bow) and meghajlítani (to bend something, to cause to bow). The related noun meghajlás denotes the act of bowing, while hajlás refers more generally to bending or incline.

See also: meghajlás, meghajolni, meghajlítani, hajlás, Hungarian participles.