-szik

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Hungarian

Etymology

-sz (“frequentative suffix”) + -ik[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-szik

  1. (verb-forming suffix) Appended to a noun, adjective, verb or other stem to form a verb.
    alap (“base”) → alapszik (“to be based”)
    harag (“fury, anger”) → haragszik (“to be angry with, to be mad at”)
    öreg (“old”) → öregszik (“to age”)
    lát (“to see”) → látszik (“to be visible”)
    alszik (“to sleep”)
    fekszik (“to lie (as on a bed)”)
    igyekszik (“to hurry”)
    tetszik (“to please, to be liked”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -szik

See also

References

  1. ^ -szik 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.)
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