cikiz

Hungarian

Etymology

From ciki (“embarrassing, cringy”) +‎ -z (verb-forming suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sikiz]
Hyphenation: ci‧kiz
Rhymes: -iz

Verb

cikiz

(transitive, slang) to poke fun at (someone), to mess with, to tease, to slag off
Synonyms: cukkol, csúfol, heccel, lejárat
- 1980, James Baldwin, translated by Katalin Dezsényi, “Ha a néger utca beszélni tudna”, in Ha a néger utca beszélni tudna (Modern Könyvtár; 404), Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 13; translation of If Beale Street Could Talk, New York, N. Y.: Corgi Books, 1975:
  Feltette a nevetséges kérdést: – Biztos? ¶ – Nem, nem biztos. Csak téged akarlak cikizni.
  [original: He asked the ridiculous question: ‘Are you sure?’ ¶ ‘No. I ain’t sure. I’m just trying to mess with your mind.’]

Conjugation

conjugation of cikiz

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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 mood	Present	Indef.	cikizek	cikizel	cikiz	cikizünk	cikiztek	cikiznek
		Def.	cikizem	cikized	cikizi	cikizzük	cikizitek	cikizik
		2nd-p. o.	cikizlek	―
	Past	Indef.	cikiztem	cikiztél	cikizett	cikiztünk	cikiztetek	cikiztek
		Def.	cikiztem	cikizted	cikizte	cikiztük	cikiztétek	cikizték
		2nd-p. o.	cikiztelek	―
	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. cikizni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	cikizék	cikizél	cikize	cikizénk	cikizétek	cikizének
		Def.	cikizém	cikizéd	cikizé	cikizénk	cikizétek	cikizék
		2nd-p. o.	cikizélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. cikiz vala, cikizett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	cikizendek	cikizendesz	cikizend	cikizendünk	cikizendetek	cikizendenek
		Def.	cikizendem	cikizended	cikizendi	cikizendjük	cikizenditek	cikizendik
		2nd-p. o.	cikizendelek	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	cikiznék	cikiznél	cikizne	cikiznénk	cikiznétek	cikiznének
		Def.	cikizném	cikiznéd	cikizné	cikiznénk (or cikiznők)	cikiznétek	cikiznék
		2nd-p. o.	cikiznélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. cikizett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	cikizzek	cikizz or cikizzél	cikizzen	cikizzünk	cikizzetek	cikizzenek
		Def.	cikizzem	cikizd or cikizzed	cikizze	cikizzük	cikizzétek	cikizzék
		2nd-p. o.	cikizzelek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. cikizett légyen
Infinitive	cikizni		cikiznem	cikizned	cikiznie	cikiznünk	cikiznetek	cikizniük
Other forms	cikizés		cikiző	cikizett	cikizendő	cikizve (cikizvén)		cikiztet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of cikiz

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 mood	Present	Indef.	cikizhetek	cikizhetsz	cikizhet	cikizhetünk	cikizhettek	cikizhetnek
		Def.	cikizhetem	cikizheted	cikizheti	cikizhetjük	cikizhetitek	cikizhetik
		2nd-p. o.	cikizhetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	cikizhettem	cikizhettél	cikizhetett	cikizhettünk	cikizhettetek	cikizhettek
		Def.	cikizhettem	cikizhetted	cikizhette	cikizhettük	cikizhettétek	cikizhették
		2nd-p. o.	cikizhettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	cikizheték	cikizhetél	cikizhete	cikizheténk	cikizhetétek	cikizhetének
		Def.	cikizhetém	cikizhetéd	cikizheté	cikizheténk	cikizhetétek	cikizheték
		2nd-p. o.	cikizhetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. cikizhet vala, cikizhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	cikizhetendek or cikizandhatok	cikizhetendesz or cikizandhatsz	cikizhetend or cikizandhat	cikizhetendünk or cikizandhatunk	cikizhetendetek or cikizandhattok	cikizhetendenek or cikizandhatnak
		Def.	cikizhetendem or cikizandhatom	cikizhetended or cikizandhatod	cikizhetendi or cikizandhatja	cikizhetendjük or cikizandhatjuk	cikizhetenditek or cikizandhatjátok	cikizhetendik or cikizandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	cikizhetendelek or cikizandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	cikizhetnék	cikizhetnél	cikizhetne	cikizhetnénk	cikizhetnétek	cikizhetnének
		Def.	cikizhetném	cikizhetnéd	cikizhetné	cikizhetnénk (or cikizhetnők)	cikizhetnétek	cikizhetnék
		2nd-p. o.	cikizhetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. cikizhetett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	cikizhessek	cikizhess or cikizhessél	cikizhessen	cikizhessünk	cikizhessetek	cikizhessenek
		Def.	cikizhessem	cikizhesd or cikizhessed	cikizhesse	cikizhessük	cikizhessétek	cikizhessék
		2nd-p. o.	cikizhesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. cikizhetett légyen
Inf.	(cikizhetni)		(cikizhetnem)	(cikizhetned)	(cikizhetnie)	(cikizhetnünk)	(cikizhetnetek)	(cikizhetniük)
Positive adjective			cikizhető	Neg. adj.	cikizhetetlen	Adv. part.	(cikizhetve / cikizhetvén)

References

^ ciki in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

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