viszálykodik

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete visszál (to change, to turn to the contrary) + -kodik (reflexive suffix), from the adverb vissza (back) + -l (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvisaːjkodik]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧szály‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

viszálykodik

  1. (intransitive, reciprocal) to feud, contend, quarrel
    Synonyms: ellenségeskedik, háborúskodik, hadakozik, torzsalkodik

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

References

  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • viszálykodik 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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