vigyáz

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wića- (see, look, watch) -z (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviɟaːz]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gyáz

Verb

vigyáz

  1. (intransitive) to be careful about something (-val/-vel)
  2. (intransitive) to guard, to protect, to take care of something or someone (-ra/-re)
  3. (transitive, archaic, folksy) to watch, observe, pay attention to someone or something

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Entry #1145 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
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