Hungarian

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Etymology

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hab (foam) +‎ -zik (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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habzik

  1. (intransitive) to foam, froth (to form or emit foam)
    A sör habzott, ahogy a pohárba öntöttük.The beer frothed as we poured it into the glass.
  2. (intransitive) to foam, froth (to spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth)
    A kutyának habzott a szája.The dog was foaming at the mouth.

Conjugation

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See conjugation at E-Szókincs

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Derived terms

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See also

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  • habozik (to hesitate) (many of its forms coincide with the forms of the above verb)

Further reading

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  • habzik 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