foszlik

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Ugric *puśɜ- (rag; to dissolve, fray) (perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric?)[1] + -lik (verb-forming suffix).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoslik]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fosz‧lik
  • Rhymes: -oslik

Verb

foszlik

  1. (intransitive, of material) to fray, unravel (to come apart)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to vanish, disappear, dissolve (dreams, plans, hope, etc.)

Conjugation

See other variants here.

or

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elfoszlik
  • kifoszlik
  • lefoszlik
  • szertefoszlik
  • szétfoszlik

References

  1. Entry #826 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. foszlik 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.)
  3. foszlik in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • foszlik 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
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