Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1792. hullám (wave) +‎ -zik (verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈhulːaːmzik]
  • Hyphenation: hul‧lám‧zik
  • Rhymes: -aːmzik

Verb edit

hullámzik

  1. (intransitive) to wave, ripple, undulate, billow (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)
    Synonyms: hullámokat vet, fodrozódik, gyűrűzik, háborog, tajtékzik
  2. (intransitive) to wave, swing, flutter
    Synonyms: leng, ring
    A búza hullámzott a szélben.The wheat waved in the wind.
  3. (intransitive, of crowd of people) to billow
    Synonyms: hömpölyög, árad
  4. (intransitive) to fluctuate (to vary irregularly)
    Synonym: ingadozik

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ hullámzik 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.)

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