nyugszik

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńuŋɜ- (to rest, relax)[1][2] + -szik. The nyug- (to keep quiet) stem was revived during the Hungarian language reform in the 18th–19th centuries and used in several compound words. See nyugágy (deckchair), nyugdíj (pension).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲuksik]
  • Hyphenation: nyug‧szik

Verb

nyugszik

  1. (intransitive) to rest
  2. (intransitive, of the sun) to set

Usage notes

  • The potential form can also be shortened to nyughat.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • nyugtalan

References

  1. Entry #648 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #656
  3. 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

  • nyugszik 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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