-ozik

See also: őzik, ö-zik, -ózik, -özik, and -őzik

Hungarian

Etymology

From -o- (linking vowel) +‎ -zik (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ozik]

Suffix

-ozik

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun or a verb to form a verb.
‎gitár (“guitar”) + ‎-ozik → ‎gitározik (“to play the guitar”)

‎tart (“to keep; to hold”) + ‎-ozik → ‎tartozik (“to belong; to owe”)

Usage notes

(verb-forming suffix) Variants:
-zik is generally added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

-azik is added to some back-vowel words

-ázik is added only to a couple of words
‎csónak (“boat”) + ‎-ázik → ‎csónakázik (“to boat, go boating”)

-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
The following subvariants can be found only in a few verbs. They usually freely alternate with the above main variants, although some of the verbs developed a difference in meaning. E.g. hibázik (“to make a mistake”) vs. hibádzik (“to be amiss <denoting something faulty or missing>”)
-dzik is added to words ending in a vowel
‎bimbó (“bud”) + ‎-dzik → ‎bimbódzik (“to form buds”)

‎gyűrű (“ring”) + ‎-dzik → ‎gyűrűdzik (“to form rings, to ripple”)

-adzik is added to back-vowel words
‎nyál (“saliva”) + ‎-adzik → ‎nyáladzik (“to slobber”)

-edzik is added to unrounded front-vowel words
‎gyökér (“root”) + ‎-edzik → ‎gyökeredzik (“to be rooted”)

-ödzik is added to one rounded front-vowel word
‎bőr (“skin”) + ‎-ödzik → ‎bőrödzik (“to develop a thin layer of skin on a surface”)
Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -z/-oz/-az/-ez/-öz/-áz or -l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.

-ozik

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Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Suffix

Usage notes

Derived terms

See also