-ködik

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See also: -kodik

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kö‧dik

Suffix

-ködik

  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.
    (work) + ‎-ködik → ‎ködik (to function)
    hős (hero) + ‎-ködik → ‎hősködik (to hector, play the hero)
  2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a reflexive verb.
    fésül (to comb) + ‎-ködik → ‎fésülködik (to comb oneself)

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

See also

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.)