ragaszkodik

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric *rᴕ̈ŋkɜ- (to stick),[1] a possible root of ragad + -aszkodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒɡɒskodik]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧gasz‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

ragaszkodik

  1. (intransitive) to stick, cling (to someone or something: -hoz/-hez/-höz)
  2. (intransitive) to insist (on something: -hoz/-hez/-höz)
    Ragaszkodom hozzá, hogy ott légy.I insist on your being there.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ragaszkodás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • megragaszkodik

References

  1. Entry #1839 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ragaszkodik 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

  • ragaszkodik 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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