locsolkodik

Hungarian

Etymology

locsol (to sprinkle, water) + -kodik (frequentative verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlot͡ʃolkodik]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧csol‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

locsolkodik

  1. (intransitive) to splash (to play with water, to repeatedly sprinkle each other)
    A gyerekek egész nap a szökőkútnál locsolkodtak.The children splashed at the fountain all day.
  2. (intransitive) to sprinkle (to participate in an Easter Monday tradition by throwing water over girls, or by spraying them with perfume)
    Synonym: öntözködik

Conjugation

Further reading

  • locsolkodik 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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