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nyúlik

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, (meg)ér(meg)érik, esz (rare)eszik, hajolhajlik, hasonul(meg)hasonlik, (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

More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

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

Further reading

  • nyúlik in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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