küzd

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric or perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kᴕ̈śɜ (competition, game; to compete, play) [1] + -d (frequentative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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küzd

  1. (intransitive, reciprocal) to fight (whether literally or figuratively; for something: -ért or against something: ellen; (optionally) with someone or something: -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: harcol, viaskodik
  2. (intransitive) to struggle, to strive (to labour in difficulty)
    • 1861, Imre Madách, The Tragedy of Man (Az ember tragédiája), play, scene 15; English translation by Iain MacLeod:
      Mondottam, ember: küzdj és bízva bízzál!
      Have faith, Adam, and fight the noble fight!
      (Literally: “I’ve spoken, man, strive on and trust a-trusting!”)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Compound words

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #447 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ küzd 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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  • küzd 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