tékozol

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the obsolete tékozik (to be scattered, dispersed) +‎ -ol (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈteːkozol]
  • Hyphenation: té‧ko‧zol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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tékozol

  1. (transitive) to squander, to waste

Usage notes

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The verb tékozol without the perfective prefix el- usually refers to a gradual process in the sense of the verb. With the perfective prefix, eltékozol indicates that the process is (was, will be) completed and a final state is achieved.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ tékozol 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.
  2. ^ tékozol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • tékozol 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