késik

See also: kesik

Hungarian

Etymology

From the stem kés- borrowed from a Turkic language (distinct from native noun kés (knife)) + -ik (passive/reflexive verb-forming suffix). Compare modern Turkish geç (late), from Old Turkic kéç (kéç).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːʃik]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ké‧sik

Verb

késik

  1. (intransitive) to be late
  2. (intransitive, of a clock) to be slow (-t/-at/-ot/-et/-öt)
    Az órám öt percet késik.My watch is five minutes slow.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elkésik
  • lekésik

(Expressions):

  • ami késik, nem múlik

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 963 7094 01 6
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