tékozol

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete tékozik (to be scattered, dispersed) +‎ -ol (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: té‧ko‧zol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

tékozol

  1. (transitive) to squander, to waste

Usage notes

The verb tékozol without the perfective prefix el- usually refers to a gradual process in the sense of the verb. With the perfective prefix, eltékozol indicates that the process is (was, will be) completed and a final state is achieved.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ tékozol in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
  2. ^ tékozol 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

  • tékozol 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