ázik

See also: -azik

Hungarian

Etymology

Of debated origin. Either from Proto-Ugric *ϑᴕćɜ- (to become damp, get wet) or from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sᴕsɜ- (to become wet)[1][2][3] + -ik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːzik]
  • Hyphenation: ázik
  • Rhymes: -aːzik

Verb

ázik

  1. (intransitive) to soak, steep (to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it)
  2. (intransitive) to become soaking wet in the rain, to become rainsoaked
    Bőrig áztunk az esőben.We became soaking wet in the rain.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to be soaked (in/with something: -ban/-ben or -tól/-től)
    Könnytől ázott az arca.Her face was soaked with tears.
    A kardja vérben ázott.His sword was soaked in blood.
    Ruhánk verejtékben ázott.Our clothes were soaked with sweat.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

  • agyonázik
  • átázik
  • beázik
  • elázik
  • felázik
  • kiázik
  • leázik
  • megázik
  • összeázik
  • széjjelázik
  • szétázik
Expressions

References

  1. Entry #1751 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. Entry #917 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  3. ázik 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

  • ázik 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
  • ázik in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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