nyugszik

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńuŋɜ- (to rest, relax)[1][2] + -szik. The nyug- (to keep quiet) stem was revived during the Hungarian language reform in the 18th–19th centuries and used in several compound words. See nyugágy (deckchair), nyugdíj (pension).[3] Cognate with Erzya нувсемс (nuvśems, to doze, drowse).

Pronunciation

Verb

nyugszik

  1. (intransitive) to rest
  2. (intransitive, of the sun) to set

Conjugation

or (chiefly in the sense “to keep still”, cf. nyugton)

Derived terms

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Expressions

References

  1. ^ Entry #648 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #656
  3. ^ nyugszik 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

  • nyugszik 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