pezseg

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛʒɛɡ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pe‧zseg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

pezseg

  1. (intransitive, of liquid) to sparkle, fizz, fizzle
  2. (intransitive, of traffic) to swarm, bustle

Conjugation

Derived terms

Derived terms

  • pezsgés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felpezseg
  • pezsdít
  • pezsdül

References

  1. pezseg 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

  • pezseg 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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