-ozik
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -o- (linking vowel) + -zik (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ozik
Usage notes edit
- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -zik is generally added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -azik is added to some back-vowel words
- -ozik is added to most back-vowel words
- -ezik is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words
- -özik is added to most rounded front-vowel words
Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -z/-oz/-az/-ez/-öz/-áz or -l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.