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
Click for archaic forms 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 indica­tive pre­sent indef. habozok habozol habozik habozunk haboztok haboznak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. haboztam haboztál habozott haboztunk haboztatok haboztak
def.
2nd obj
future
Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. habozni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. habozék habozál haboza habozánk habozátok habozának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. habozik vala, habozott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. habozandok habozandasz habozand habozandunk habozandotok habozandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. haboznék haboznál habozna haboznánk haboznátok haboznának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. habozott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. habozzak habozz or
habozzál
habozzon habozzunk habozzatok habozzanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. habozott légyen
infinitive habozni haboznom haboznod haboznia haboznunk haboznotok habozniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
habozás habozó habozott habozva (habozván)
Potential conjugation of habozik
Click for archaic forms 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 indica­tive pre­sent indef. habozhatok habozhatsz habozhat habozhatunk habozhattok habozhatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. habozhattam habozhattál habozhatott habozhattunk habozhattatok habozhattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. habozhaték habozhatál habozhata habozhatánk habozhatátok habozhatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. habozhat vala, habozhatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. habozhatandok
or habozandhatok
habozhatandasz
or habozandhatsz
habozhatand
or habozandhat
habozhatandunk
or habozandhatunk
habozhatandotok
or habozandhattok
habozhatandanak
or habozandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. habozhatnék habozhatnál habozhatna habozhatnánk habozhatnátok habozhatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. habozhatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. habozhassak habozhass or
habozhassál
habozhasson habozhassunk habozhassatok habozhassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. habozhatott légyen
infinitive (habozhatni) (habozhatnom) (habozhatnod) (habozhatnia) (habozhatnunk) (habozhatnotok) (habozhatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(habozhatva / habozhatván)

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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.