-ezik
Hungarian
Etymology
-e- (“linking vowel”) + -zik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛzik]
Suffix
-ezik
- (verb-forming suffix) Appended to a noun to form a verb.
- víkend (“weekend”) → víkendezik (“to weekend”)
Usage notes
- (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -zik is generally added to words ending in a vowel
- -azik is added to some back vowel words
- -ozik is added to back vowel words
- -ezik is added to unrounded front vowel words
- -özik is added to rounded front vowel words
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-ezik' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ezik'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ezik</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes