-szik

Hungarian

Etymology

-sz (“frequentative suffix”) + -ik[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sik]

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
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See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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