vigyáz

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wića- (see, look, watch) -z (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviɟaːz]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gyáz
  • Rhymes: -aːz

Verb

vigyáz

  1. (intransitive) to be careful about something (-val/-vel)
    Synonym: (adjective) óvatos
  2. (intransitive) to guard, to protect, to take care of something or someone (-ra/-re)
    Synonyms: őriz, véd, óv
  3. (intransitive) to mind (one's body part, not to get injured) (-ra/-re)
  4. (transitive, archaic, folksy) to watch, observe, pay attention to someone or something
    Synonyms: figyel, ügyel

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ Entry #1145 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ vigyáz 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

  • vigyáz 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