-azik

See also: ázik

Hungarian

Etymology

-a- (“linking vowel”) + -zik

Suffix

-azik

1. (verb-forming suffix) Appended to a noun to form a verb.

   út (“road”) → utazik (“to travel”)

Usage notes

• (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -zik is generally added to words ending in a vowel

  -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.

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -azik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes