szikkad

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as the adjective szikár (lean, skinny, haggard) + -ad (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

szikkad

  1. (intransitive) to become dry, dry up, dry off (to lose water)
    Nem esett. A föld keményre szikkadt.There was no rain. The earth dried off.

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • szikkad (…) fel, fel … szikkadfelszikkad
  • szikkad (…) ki, ki … szikkadkiszikkad
  • szikkad (…) meg, meg … szikkadmegszikkad

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ szikkad 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

  • szikkad 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