habozik

Hungarian

Etymology

hab (foam) + -ozik (verb-forming suffix). Its original meaning was “to undulate” (in the waves); this to and fro movement formed the basis of its current meaning of hesitation (compare wave and waver).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒbozik]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bo‧zik
  • Rhymes: -ozik

Verb

habozik

  1. (intransitive) to hesitate
    Synonyms: tétovázik, hezitál, vacillál

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • habozás

See also

  • habzik (to emit foam) (many of its forms coincide with the forms of the above verb)

Further reading

  • habozik 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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