szégyenkezik

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Hungarian

Etymology

From szégyen (shame) +‎ -kezik (reflexive verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: szé‧gyen‧ke‧zik
  • Rhymes: -ɛzik

Verb

szégyenkezik

  1. (intransitive) to be ashamed (to be embarrassed; of something: miatt; in front of someone: előtt)
    Szégyenkeztek a barátaik előtt a sikertelen vizsgájuk miatt.They were embarrassed in front of their friends because of their failed exams.
    Emiatt nem kell szégyenkezni.There is no need to be ashamed of this.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ szégyenkezik in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

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