nyikorog

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -rog (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲikoroɡ]
  • Hyphenation: nyi‧ko‧rog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

nyikorog

  1. (intransitive) to squeak, creak (to emit a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances)
    Az ajtó hangosan nyikorog, ahogy kinyitom.The door squeaks loudly as I open it.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • nyikorgat
  • nyikorgás
  • nyikorogtat

References

  1. nyikorog 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

  • nyikorog 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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