-szik

Hungarian

Etymology

-sz (frequentative suffix) + -ik[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sik]

Suffix

-szik

(verb-forming suffix) Appended to a noun, adjective, verb or other stem to form a verb.
alap (“base”) → alapszik (“to be based”)

harag (“fury, anger”) → haragszik (“to be angry with, to be mad at”)

öreg (“old”) → öregszik (“to age”)

lát (“to see”) → látszik (“to be visible”)

alszik (“to sleep”)

fekszik (“to lie (as on a bed)”)

igyekszik (“to hurry”)

játszik (“to play”)

tetszik (“to appeal, to be liked”)

úszik (“to swim”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -szik

See also

Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

-szik in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

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