-ödik

See also: -odik, -ódik, and -ődik

Hungarian

Etymology

-öd (“verb-forming suffix”) + -ik (“reflexive suffix”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ødik]

Suffix

-ödik

  1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun, adjective, or verb to form a verb.
    vörös (“red”) → vörösödik (“to become red”)
  2. (numeral-forming suffix) -th. Added to a cardinal number to form an ordinal number.
    öt (“five”) → ötödik (“fifth”)

Usage notes
  • (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -odik is added to back vowel words
    -edik is added to unrounded front vowel words
    -ödik is added to rounded front vowel words
  • (numeral-forming suffix) It can be used with all cardinal numbers except egy (“one”) and kettő (“two”). Harmonic variants:
    -dik is added to words ending in a vowel
    -odik is added to some back vowel words
    -adik is added to other back vowel words
    -edik is added to unrounded front vowel words
    -ödik is added to rounded front vowel words

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-%C3%B6dik' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ödik'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ödik</a>
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_numerals_suffixed_with_-%C3%B6dik' title='Category:Hungarian numerals suffixed with -ödik'>Hungarian numerals suffixed with -ödik</a>

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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