nyúlik

Hungarian

Etymology

nyúl (to reach, to touch) + -ik (reflexive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲuːlik]
  • Hyphenation: nyú‧lik
  • Rhymes: -uːlik

Verb

nyúlik

  1. (intransitive) to stretch, lengthen, elongate
    Active-voice counterpart: nyújt
    A beszélgetés hosszadalmasra nyúlik.The conversation stretches on for a long time.

Usage notes

  • This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz(le)áldozik, bánbánik, (meg)bíz(meg)bízik, érérik, esz (rare)eszik, hajolhajlik, (felül)múl(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúlnyúlik, (el)vesz(el)veszik~(el)vész, and törtörik (along with their verbal prefixes), hallhallik (archaic), érezérzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibázhibádzik, (le)torkoltorkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átnyúlik
  • benyúlik
  • belenyúlik
  • elnyúlik
  • felnyúlik
  • kinyúlik
  • lenyúlik
  • megnyúlik
  • túlnyúlik
  • végignyúlik
  • visszanyúlik

Further reading

  • nyúlik 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
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