Szedek

Szedek is a Hungarian verb in the first-person singular present tense, derived from the infinitive szedni. It primarily means to pick, pluck, or harvest something, especially fruits, berries, herbs, or flowers, but it can also mean to take or consume a dose of medicine or other administered substances.

As a conjugating verb, szedek follows standard Hungarian conjugation patterns. For example: én szedek, te szedsz, ő szedi, mi szedünk, ti szedtek, ők szedik. The past tense forms are szedtem (I picked), szedtél (you picked), szedett (he/she picked), szedtünk (we picked), szedettetek (you all picked), szedték (they picked). The future is typically formed with a periphrastic construction such as fogom szedni or szedni fogom, since Hungarian often uses auxiliary forms for future meaning.

Usage notes: szedek can denote physical harvesting or gathering, e.g., gyümölcsöt szedek (I pick fruit), gyógyszert szedek (I take a medicine). The choice of object strongly determines nuance: with edible plants it emphasizes collection, with medicines it emphasizes consumption or dosage. The verb can appear in imperatives and subordinate clauses, and it commonly occurs in everyday speech related to farming, gardening, cooking, and health routines.

Etymology: szedni is a native Hungarian verb with a long semantic history connected to gathering and taking. It is related to other verbs formed with the same root, but it is not typically borrowed from other languages.

See also: szedés, szedni, togives related verbs in Hungarian.