birkózik

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1669. bír +‎ -kózik (reflexive suffix)

Pronunciation

Verb

birkózik

  1. (intransitive) to wrestle (with someone: -val/-vel)
  2. (intransitive) to struggle (with something: -val/-vel)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ birkózik 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.)

Further reading

  • birkózik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • birkózik in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)