oszlik

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oća or *ońća (part; to part, share, divide) + -lik (frequentative-reflexive suffix). Cognates include Finnish osa (part), Estonian osa (part). [1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈoslik]
  • Hyphenation: osz‧lik

Verb

oszlik

  1. (intransitive) to be divided
  2. (intransitive) to dissipate
  3. (intransitive) to decompose

Conjugation

See variations here.

Derived terms

  • oszlás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • eloszlik
  • feloszlik
  • megoszlik

References

  1. Entry #657 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. 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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