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civakodik

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeia + -akodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sivɒkodik]
  • Hyphenation: ci‧va‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

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civakodik

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel, quibble, bicker, altercate, wrangle, tiff (with someone -val/-vel, over something -n/-on/-en/-ön) (to disagree with each other noisily over petty things)
    Synonyms: perlekedik, veszekedik, civódik
    Civakodnak egymással.They are bickering with each other.
    Mindig civakodnak valamin.They are always quarreling over something.
  2. (intransitive, of birds or small animals, with each other) to squabble

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ civakodik 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

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  • civakodik 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
  • civakodik in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).