Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -dozik.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-adozik

  1. (frequentative verb-forming suffix) Back-vowel variant of -dozik.
    ing (to swing) + ‎-adozik → ‎ingadozik (to fluctuate, swing)

Usage notes edit

  • (frequentative verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -dozik is added to back-vowel words
    -dezik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    -dözik is added to rounded front-vowel words
    -adozik is added to back-vowel words
    -edezik is added to unrounded front-vowel words

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ -adozik 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.)