izzik

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈizːik]
  • Hyphenation: iz‧zik
  • Rhymes: -izːik

Verb

izzik

  1. (intransitive) to glow
    Synonym: parázslik
    • 1941, Sándor Weöres, Rongyszőnyeg [“Rag Carpet”, cycle], Medúza [“Medusa”, volume]; translations by Ádám Makkai & Valerie Becker Makkai and by István Tótfalusi:
      Őszi éjjel / izzik a galagonya, / izzik a galagonya / ruhája. // Zúg a tüske, / szél szalad ide-oda, / reszket a galagonya / magába.
      Eves of autumn / Gleam with the brambleberry’s / Gleam with the brambleberry’s / Shimm’ring dress. // Thorns a-rustling, / Winds scurry hither-thither, / Trembles the brambleberry / Comfortless.
      Nights of autumn / glow in a junipery / glow in a junipery / grove. // Thistles whisper, / wind is a calamity, / gives to the juniper a / shove.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átizzik
  • elizzik
  • felizzik
  • megizzik

References

  1. izzik 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

  • izzik 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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