Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From -l (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -kedik (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-lkedik

  1. Unrounded front-vowel variant of -lkodik.

Usage notes edit

  • (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -lkodik is added to back-vowel words
    lusta (lazy) + ‎-lkedik → ‎lustálkodik (to laze)
    -lkedik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    elme (mind) + ‎-lkedik → ‎elmélkedik (to contemplate)
    -lködik is added to rounded front-vowel words
    erő (power, strength) + ‎-lkedik → ‎erőlködik (to make every effort to do something)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ -lkedik 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.)