Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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  • halász (especially with a prefix and with an object)

Etymology

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From hal (fish) +‎ -ászik.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlaːsik]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lá‧szik
  • Rhymes: -aːsik

Verb

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halászik

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to fish (to hunt fish; in something: -ban/-ben, on some location: -n/-on/-en/-ön, for something: -ra/-re, with something: -val/-vel)
    Nyáron a közeli folyóban halásztunk.In the summer we fished in the nearby river.
    A gyerekek a tóparton rákokra halásztak.The children were fishing for crabs on the lake shore.
    Ezeket nem hálóval halásszuk, hanem szigonnyal.These are not fished with a net, but with a harpoon.
  2. (transitive) to fish (to search in water for something other than fish)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

Further reading

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  • halászik 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
  • halászik in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).