See also: -lködik

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-lkodik

  1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun or an adjective to form an intransitive verb indicating that someone behaves as the original word.

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ -lkodik 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.)