oszlik

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oća or *ońća (part; to part, share, divide) + -lik (frequentative-reflexive suffix). Cognates include Finnish osa (part), Estonian osa (part).

Pronunciation

Verb

oszlik

  1. (intransitive) to be divided
  2. (intransitive) to disperse, dissipate
  3. (intransitive) to decompose

Conjugation

See variations here.

or (less commonly)

Derived terms

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Related terms

References

  1. ^ Entry #657 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ oszlik 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

  • oszlik 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