zokog

Hungarian

Etymology

From a root imitating the hiccup-like sound accompanying loud sobbing + -og (frequentative suffix). The root is related to the stem of the verbs zaklat and zakatol as well as that of the verb zökken by vowel harmony.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzokoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: zo‧kog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

zokog

  1. (intransitive) to sob
  2. (transitive) to say something while sobbing

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átzokog
  • elzokog
  • felzokog
  • kizokog
  • végigzokog

References

  1. zokog 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

  • zokog 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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