-ozik

See also: őzik, -ózik, -özik, and -őzik

Hungarian

Etymology

-o- (“linking vowel”) + -zik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ozik]

Suffix

-ozik

1. (verb-forming suffix) Appended to a noun or verb to form a verb.

   gitár (“guitar”) → gitározik (“to play the guitar”)

   tart (“to keep; to hold”) → tartozik (“to belong; to owe”)

Usage notes

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -zik is generally added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -azik is added to some back-vowel words

  -ozik is added to most back-vowel words

  -ezik is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words

  -özik is added to most rounded front-vowel words

Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -z/-oz/-az/-ez/-öz/-áz or -l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ozik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes