cselekedik

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -kedik (frequentative-reflexive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛlɛkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: cse‧le‧ke‧dik

Verb

cselekedik

  1. (intransitive) to do, act
    Most kell cselekednünk.We must act now.
  2. (transitive) to do
    Sok jót cselekedett életében.He did a lot of good in his life.

Conjugation

  • Present participle variants: cselekedő / cselekvő.

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • megcselekedik

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

Further reading

  • cselekedik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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