Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From -k (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -ed (frequentative suffix) +‎ -ik (reflexive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧dik

Suffix edit

-kedik

  1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun or adjective to form a verb. Most of the time it means to behave as. The derived verb may have a pejorative meaning.
    irigy (envious) + ‎-kedik → ‎irigykedik (to be envious)
  2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb, meaning to work as.
    cseléd (servant) + ‎-kedik → ‎cselédkedik (to work as a servant)
  3. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a reflexive verb.
    helyez (to place) + ‎-kedik → ‎helyezkedik (to position oneself)
    nevel (to raise (a child)) + ‎-kedik → ‎nevelkedik (to be raised, to be brought up)

Usage notes edit

  • (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -kodik is added to back-vowel words
    -kedik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    -ködik is added to rounded front-vowel words
    -akodik is added to back-vowel words
    -ekedik is added to unrounded front-vowel words

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ -kodik/-kedik/-ködik 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, page 417, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)