okoskodik
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
okos (“smart”) + -kodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
okoskodik
- (intransitive) to reason (to look for a good solution by thinking and analyzing the possibilities and circumstances)
- Synonyms: érvel, következtet, latolgat, töpreng
- (intransitive, derogatory) to argue, to be obstinate/stubborn, to be clever-clever/smarty pants/a smart aleck (to argue without end, to oppose by arguing unnecessarily)
- Synonyms: tudálékoskodik, fontoskodik
Conjugation edit
conjugation of okoskodik
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | okoskodom or okoskodok |
okoskodsz | okoskodik | okoskodunk | okoskodtok | okoskodnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | okoskodtam | okoskodtál | okoskodott | okoskodtunk | okoskodtatok | okoskodtak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. okoskodni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | okoskodék or okoskodám |
okoskodál | okoskoda or okoskodék |
okoskodánk | okoskodátok | okoskodának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. okoskodik vala, okoskodott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | okoskodandok (or okoskodandom) |
okoskodandasz (or okoskodandol) |
okoskodand (or okoskodandik*) |
okoskodandunk | okoskodandotok | okoskodandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | okoskodnék (or okoskodnám) |
okoskodnál | okoskodna (or okoskodnék*) |
okoskodnánk | okoskodnátok | okoskodnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. okoskodott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | okoskodjak or okoskodjam |
okoskodj or okoskodjál |
okoskodjon or okoskodjék |
okoskodjunk | okoskodjatok | okoskodjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. okoskodott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | okoskodni | okoskodnom | okoskodnod | okoskodnia | okoskodnunk | okoskodnotok | okoskodniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| okoskodás | okoskodó | okoskodott | ― | okoskodva (okoskodván) | |||||
potential conjugation of okoskodik
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | okoskodhatok (or okoskodhatom) |
okoskodhatsz (or okoskodhatol) |
okoskodhat (or okoskodhatik) |
okoskodhatunk | okoskodhattok | okoskodhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | okoskodhattam | okoskodhattál | okoskodhatott | okoskodhattunk | okoskodhattatok | okoskodhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | okoskodhaték or okoskodhatám |
okoskodhatál | okoskodhata or okoskodhaték |
okoskodhatánk | okoskodhatátok | okoskodhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. okoskodhat vala, okoskodhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | okoskodhatandok or okoskodandhatok (or okoskodhatandom or okoskodandhatom) |
okoskodhatandasz or okoskodandhatsz (or okoskodhatandol or okoskodandhatol) |
okoskodhatand or okoskodandhat (or okoskodhatandik or okoskodandhatik*) |
okoskodhatandunk or okoskodandhatunk |
okoskodhatandotok or okoskodandhattok |
okoskodhatandanak or okoskodandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | okoskodhatnék (or okoskodhatnám) |
okoskodhatnál | okoskodhatna (or okoskodhatnék*) |
okoskodhatnánk | okoskodhatnátok | okoskodhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. okoskodhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | okoskodhassak (or okoskodhassam) |
okoskodhass or okoskodhassál |
okoskodhasson (or okoskodhassék) |
okoskodhassunk | okoskodhassatok | okoskodhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. okoskodhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (okoskodhatni) | (okoskodhatnom) | (okoskodhatnod) | (okoskodhatnia) | (okoskodhatnunk) | (okoskodhatnotok) | (okoskodhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (okoskodhatva / okoskodhatván) | ||||
Further reading edit
- okoskodik 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