Hungarian

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Ugric *puśɜ- (rag; to dissolve, fray) (perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric?)[1] + -lik (verb-forming suffix).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfoslik]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fosz‧lik
  • Rhymes: -oslik

Verb

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foszlik

  1. (intransitive, of material) to fray, unravel (to come apart)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to vanish, disappear, dissolve (dreams, plans, hope, etc.)

Conjugation

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See other variants here.

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #826 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ foszlik 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.)
  3. ^ foszlik in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • foszlik 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