hullámzik

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1792. hullám (wave) + -zik (verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhulːaːmzik]
  • Hyphenation: hul‧lám‧zik
  • Rhymes: -aːmzik

Verb

hullámzik

  1. (intransitive) to wave, ripple, undulate, billow (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)
    Synonyms: hullámokat vet, fodrozódik, gyűrűzik, háborog, tajtékzik
  2. (intransitive) to wave, swing, flutter
    Synonyms: leng, ring
    A búza hullámzott a szélben.The wheat waved in the wind.
  3. (intransitive, of crowd of people) to billow
    Synonyms: hömpölyög, árad
  4. (intransitive) to fluctuate (to vary irregularly)
    Synonym: ingadozik

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • áthullámzik
  • végighullámzik

References

  1. hullámzik 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

  • hullámzik 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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