-kozik

See also: -kózik, -közik, and -kőzik

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kozik]

Suffix

-kozik

  1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a verb, noun or adverb to form a reflexive verb.

Usage notes

  • (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -kozik is added to back-vowel words
    ‎csodál (“to admire”) + ‎-kozik → ‎csodálkozik (“to wonder, marvel at, be surprised at”)
    ‎barát (“friend”) + ‎-kozik → ‎barátkozik (“to associate with someone in a friendly manner”)
    ‎vissza (“back”) + ‎-kozik → ‎visszakozik (“to back down, withdraw”)
    -kezik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    ‎rendel (“to order”) + ‎-kezik → ‎rendelkezik (“to possess”)
    -közik is added to rounded front-vowel words
    ‎üt (“to hit, to beat”) + ‎-közik → ‎ütközik (“to clash, to collide, to crash”)
    -akozik same as -kozik with a linking vowel
    ‎tilt (“to forbid”) + ‎-akozik → ‎tiltakozik (“to protest”)
    -ekezik same as -kezik with a linking vowel
    ‎véd (“to protect”) + ‎-ekezik → ‎védekezik (“to protect oneself”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -kozik

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. -kozik/-kezik/-közik 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 440, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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