marakodik

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

mar (to bite) + -akodik (verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

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

Verb

marakodik

  1. (intransitive, reciprocal, of people) to quarrel, squabble, fight
    Synonyms: civakodik, veszekszik, perlekedik, torzsalkodik, civódik, viszálykodik
  2. (intransitive, reciprocal, of animals) to fight
    Synonyms: marcangol, mar, harapdál

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • marakodás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • összemarakodik

References

  1. marakodik 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

  • marakodik 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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