civakodik

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -akodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sivɒkodik]
  • Hyphenation: ci‧va‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

civakodik

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel, quibble, bicker, altercate, wrangle, tiff (with someone -val/-vel, over something -n/-on/-en/-ön) (to disagree with each other noisily over petty things)
    Synonyms: perlekedik, veszekedik, civódik
    Civakodnak egymással.They are bickering with each other.
    Mindig civakodnak valamin.They are always quarreling over something.
  2. (intransitive, of birds or small animals, with each other) to squabble

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. civakodik 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

  • civakodik 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
  • civakodik 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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