habozik

Hungarian

Etymology

hab (“foam”) +‎ -ozik (verb-forming suffix). Its original meaning was “to undulate” (in the waves); this to and fro movement formed the basis of its current meaning of hesitation (compare wave and waver).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒbozik]
• Hyphenation: ha‧bo‧zik
• Rhymes: -ozik

Verb

habozik

1. (intransitive) to hesitate

   Synonyms: tétovázik, hezitál, vacillál

Conjugation

conjugation of habozik

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	habozok	habozol	habozik	habozunk	haboztok	haboznak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	haboztam	haboztál	habozott	haboztunk	haboztatok	haboztak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. habozni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	habozék	habozál	haboza	habozánk	habozátok	habozának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. habozik vala, habozott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	habozandok	habozandasz	habozand	habozandunk	habozandotok	habozandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	haboznék	haboznál	habozna	haboznánk	haboznátok	haboznának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. habozott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	habozzak	habozz or habozzál	habozzon	habozzunk	habozzatok	habozzanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. habozott légyen
Infinitive	habozni		haboznom	haboznod	haboznia	haboznunk	haboznotok	habozniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	habozás		habozó	habozott	―	habozva (habozván)

potential conjugation of habozik

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	habozhatok	habozhatsz	habozhat	habozhatunk	habozhattok	habozhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	habozhattam	habozhattál	habozhatott	habozhattunk	habozhattatok	habozhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	habozhaték	habozhatál	habozhata	habozhatánk	habozhatátok	habozhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. habozhat vala, habozhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	habozhatandok or habozandhatok	habozhatandasz or habozandhatsz	habozhatand or habozandhat	habozhatandunk or habozandhatunk	habozhatandotok or habozandhattok	habozhatandanak or habozandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	habozhatnék	habozhatnál	habozhatna	habozhatnánk	habozhatnátok	habozhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. habozhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	habozhassak	habozhass or habozhassál	habozhasson	habozhassunk	habozhassatok	habozhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. habozhatott légyen
Inf.	(habozhatni)		(habozhatnom)	(habozhatnod)	(habozhatnia)	(habozhatnunk)	(habozhatnotok)	(habozhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(habozhatva / habozhatván)

Derived terms

• habozás

See also

• habzik (“to emit foam”) (many of its forms coincide with the forms of the above verb)

Further reading

• habozik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN