emlékezik

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an unattested stem + -kezik (reflexive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmleːkɛzik]
  • Hyphenation: em‧lé‧ke‧zik
  • Rhymes: -ɛzik

Verb

emlékezik

  1. (intransitive) to commemorate (someone or something: -ról/-ről)
    Synonym: megemlékezik
  2. (intransitive) Alternative form of emlékszik: to remember (someone or something: -ra/-re)
    Synonym: visszaemlékezik
    Semmire sem emlékeztek.They didn't remember anything.

Conjugation

In the sense “to remember”, the sz-stem is more common for all persons singular and the first-person plural form (in indicative present tense, where they differ); see emlékszik.

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. emlékezik 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

  • emlékezik 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
  • emlékezik in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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