Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From a root imitative of soft rubbing sounds such as of dry leaves or paper + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈzizɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: zi‧zeg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb edit

zizeg

  1. (intransitive) to rustle (to move with a soft fluttering sound)
    Zizegnek a falevelek.The tree leaves are rustling.
  2. (transitive, poetic, rare) to utter something in such a sound

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ zizeg 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.)

Further reading edit

  • zizeg 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