patakzik

Hungarian

Etymology

patak + -zik (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒtɒɡzik]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tak‧zik
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡzik

Verb

patakzik

  1. (intransitive) to stream (to flow as a stream)
    • 1821-1855, Mihály Vörösmarty, A forrás és a patak:
      Forrás buzog fel / S tovább patakzik.
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  2. (intransitive, literary, of liquid, especially blood, tears) to flow, stream (to flow in a continuous or steady manner)
    Szeméből patakzott a könny.Tears flowed from her eyes.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • patakzás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • alápatakzik
  • végigpatakzik

Further reading

  • patakzik 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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