-ozik
See also: őzik, -ózik, -özik, and -őzik
Hungarian
Etymology
-o- (“linking vowel”) + -zik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ozik]
Suffix
-ozik
- (verb-forming suffix) Appended to a noun or verb to form a verb.
- gitár (“guitar”) → gitározik (“to play the guitar”)
- tart (“to keep; to hold”) → tartozik (“to belong; to owe”)
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_-ozik' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ozik'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ozik</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes