Hungarian

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Etymology

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Possibly szeg +‎ -ődik (verb-forming suffix), though it is uncertain, as the derivation may have taken place earlier than the semantic change of the supposed base verb ’to break > to bend, curve; to change direction > to turn > to join someone’.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛɡøːdik]
  • Hyphenation: sze‧gő‧dik
  • Rhymes: -øːdik

Verb

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szegődik

  1. (intransitive) to join someone or a group (with -hoz/-hez/-höz or mellé)
    Synonyms: csatlakozik, társul, vele megy/tart
  2. (intransitive) to take (up), start, or obtain a job or post, to go into some service, to sign on as someone, to hire oneself out or engage oneself (with -nak/-nek or -ul/-ül)
    Synonyms: elszegődik, felcsap, beáll

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ szegődik in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

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