fakad

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pakka- (to split, crack, split open, burst) + -ad (frequentative suffix). Cognates include Finnish pakahtua (to burst).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒkɒd]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧kad

Verb

fakad

  1. (intransitive) to arise, originate, source
    Synonym: ered
  2. (intransitive) to break into, burst, spring, blossom
    könnyre fakadburst into tears

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fakadós

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felfakad
  • kifakad

References

  1. Entry #693 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  3. Bomhard, Allan R. and John C. Kerns. The Nostratic Macrofamily: A Study in Distant Linguistic Relationship. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994. Online.
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