-lködik

Hungarian

Etymology

From -l (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -ködik (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lkødik]

Suffix

-lködik

  1. Rounded front-vowel variant of -lkodik.

Usage notes

  • (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -lkodik is added to back-vowel words
    ‎lusta (“lazy”) + ‎-lködik → ‎lustálkodik (“to laze”)
    -lkedik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    ‎elme (“mind”) + ‎-lködik → ‎elmélkedik (“to contemplate”)
    -lködik is added to rounded front-vowel words
    ‎erő (“power, strength”) + ‎-lködik → ‎erőlködik (“to make every effort to do something”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -lködik

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. -lködik 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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