Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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tör-ik (ancient middle-voice marking suffix)

Verb

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törik

  1. (intransitive) to break (to end up in two or more pieces)
    Active-voice counterpart: tör
Usage notes
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Conjugation
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The regular past participle of törik is törött, unless there is an adverbial phrase or verbal prefix modifying its meaning, in which case tört is more common. For example:

törött üveg (broken glass) ~ darabokra tört üveg (glass broken to pieces)
törött ág (broken branch) ~ letört ág (broken off branch)
Derived terms
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Compound words

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Expressions

Etymology 2

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tör-ik (personal suffix)

Verb

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törik

  1. third-person plural indicative present definite of tör

Further reading

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  • törik 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