civakodik

Hungarian

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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
conjugation of civakodik
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. civakodom or
civakodok		 civakodsz civakodik civakodunk civakodtok civakodnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. civakodtam civakodtál civakodott civakodtunk civakodtatok civakodtak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. civakodnék civakodnál civakodna civakodnánk civakodnátok civakodnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. civakodjak  or
civakodjam		 civakodj or
civakodjál		 civakodjon civakodjunk civakodjatok civakodjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive civakodni civakodnom civakodnod civakodnia civakodnunk civakodnotok civakodniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
civakodás civakodó civakodott ― civakodva civakodhat

Derived terms

References
  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
  • civakodik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • civakodik 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 2023)
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