-kedik

Hungarian

Etymology

From -k (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -ed (frequentative suffix) +‎ -ik (reflexive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧dik

Suffix

-kedik

  1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun or adjective to form a verb. Most of the time it means to behave as. The derived verb may have a pejorative meaning.
    ‎irigy (“envious”) + ‎-kedik → ‎irigykedik (“to be envious”)
  2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb, meaning to work as.
    ‎cseléd (“servant”) + ‎-kedik → ‎cselédkedik (“to work as a servant”)
  3. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a reflexive verb.
    ‎helyez (“to place”) + ‎-kedik → ‎helyezkedik (“to position oneself”)
    ‎nevel (“to raise (a child)”) + ‎-kedik → ‎nevelkedik (“to be raised, to be brought up”)

Usage notes

  • (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -kodik is added to back-vowel words
    -kedik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    -ködik is added to rounded front-vowel words
    -akodik is added to back-vowel words
    -ekedik is added to unrounded front-vowel words

Conjugation

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -kedik

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. -kodik/-kedik/-ködik 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, page 417, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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