habozik

Hungarian

Etymology

hab (“foam”) +‎ -ozik (verb-forming suffix). Its original meaning was “to undulate” (in the waves); this to and fro movement formed the basis of its current meaning of hesitation (compare wave and waver).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒbozik]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bo‧zik
  • Rhymes: -ozik

Verb

habozik

  1. (intransitive) to hesitate
    Synonyms: tétovázik, hezitál, vacillál

Conjugation
conjugation of habozik
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. habozok habozol habozik habozunk haboztok haboznak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. haboztam haboztál habozott haboztunk haboztatok haboztak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. haboznék haboznál habozna haboznánk haboznátok haboznának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. habozzak habozz or
habozzál		 habozzon habozzunk habozzatok habozzanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive habozni haboznom haboznod haboznia haboznunk haboznotok habozniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
habozás habozó habozott ― habozva habozhat

Derived terms
  • habozás

See also
  • habzik (“to emit foam”) (many of its forms coincide with the forms of the above verb)

Further reading
  • habozik 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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