bomlik
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same stem of unknown origin as the verb bont + -lik (frequentative-reflexive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbomlik]
- Hyphenation: bom‧lik
- Rhymes: -omlik
Verb
bomlik
- (intransitive, of clothes, woven or knotted material) to come unstitched, to start to open
- (intransitive) to break up (to separate into its components; to disintegrate or come apart)
- Synonym: szétválik
- (intransitive) to decompose, decay
- Synonyms: oszlik, porlad
- (intransitive, figuratively) to break up, disintegrate (e.g. the order, discipline, unity of an organization)
- Synonym: lazul
- (intransitive, informal, often derogatory) to be crazy about someone or something (followed by után or -ért)
- Synonym: bolondul
- (intransitive, figuratively) to go wild, to behave boisterously, excessively
- Synonyms: bolondozik, vadul
Usage notes
This verb is called a pseudo-ik verb, as its -ik ending presents itself only in the 3rd-person singular (indicative present) form, but it is not an -ik verb in any other aspect. As a result, it cannot take the -om/-em/-öm ending in the 1st-person singular (indicative present) form, even in the most erudite style, only -ok/-ek/-ök. Naturally, the optional -m ending cannot appear, either, in their subjunctive or conditional 1st-person singular forms, so only -jak/-jek and -nék is possible in these respective forms. These verbs include the following: bomlik, (el)bújik, (meg)érik, (le)folyik, (össze)gyűlik, hazudik, (le)hull(ik), (bele)/(oda)illik, (meg)jelenik, (el)kopik, (el)múlik, ömlik, (meg)születik, (meg)szűnik, (meg)telik, tojik, (el)törik, (el)/(fel)tűnik, (el)válik, and (el)züllik. (Ki)nyílik partially belongs here, as it cannot take the first-person -om ending but it can take the third-person -jék.
Conjugation
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | bomlok | bomlasz | bomlik | bomlunk | bomlotok | bomlanak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | bomlottam | bomlottál | bomlott | bomlottunk | bomlottatok | bomlottak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
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. bomlani fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bomlék | bomlál | bomla | bomlánk | bomlátok | bomlának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bomlik vala, bomlott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | bomlandok | bomlandasz | bomland | bomlandunk | bomlandotok | bomlandanak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bomlanék | bomlanál | bomlana | bomlanánk | bomlanátok | bomlanának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bomlott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bomoljak | bomolj or bomoljál |
bomoljon | bomoljunk | bomoljatok | bomoljanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bomlott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | bomlani | bomlanom | bomlanod | bomlania | bomlanunk | bomlanotok | bomlaniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
bomlás | bomló | bomlott | ― | bomolva (bomolván) | |||||
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | bomolhatok | bomolhatsz | bomolhat | bomolhatunk | bomolhattok | bomolhatnak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | bomolhattam | bomolhattál | bomolhatott | bomolhattunk | bomolhattatok | bomolhattak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bomlhaték | bomlhatál | bomlhata | bomlhatánk | bomlhatátok | bomlhatának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. bomolhat vala, bomolhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | bomolhatandok or bomlandhatok |
bomolhatandasz or bomlandhatsz |
bomolhatand or bomlandhat |
bomolhatandunk or bomlandhatunk |
bomolhatandotok or bomlandhattok |
bomolhatandanak or bomlandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bomolhatnék | bomolhatnál | bomolhatna | bomolhatnánk | bomolhatnátok | bomolhatnának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bomolhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bomolhassak | bomolhass or bomolhassál |
bomolhasson | bomolhassunk | bomolhassatok | bomolhassanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bomolhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (bomolhatni) | (bomolhatnom) | (bomolhatnod) | (bomolhatnia) | (bomolhatnunk) | (bomolhatnotok) | (bomolhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (bomolhatva / bomolhatván) | ||||
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
- elbomlik
- felbomlik
- kibomlik
- lebomlik
- megbomlik
- szétbomlik
References
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- bomlik in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- bomlik 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
- bomlik in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)