telik

• tellik

From Proto-Uralic *täwde (“full”) or Proto-Finno-Ugric *täwδe-, (*tälkɜ-) (“complete, full”)[1] + -ik (reflexive suffix).[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlik]
• Hyphenation: te‧lik
• Rhymes: -ɛlik

telik

1. (intransitive) to fill (to get filled)

   Synonym: megtelik

   Active-voice counterpart: tölt

2. (intransitive, of time) to elapse, to pass, to go by

   Synonyms: eltelik, múlik, elmúlik

   Telik az idő. ― Time is going by.

3. (intransitive, of time, less commonly of work etc.) to take, demand, require the given amount of expenditure (used with -ba/-be)

   Synonyms: kerül, igénybe vesz

   Egy órába telt, amíg/mire odaértünk / Egy órába telt odaérnünk. ― It took us an hour to get there.

4. (intransitive, impersonal) to be able to afford to buy (something -ra/-re, for someone -nak/-nek)

   Synonyms: tellik, futja, megengedhet

   Nekünk nem telik új kocsira. ― We can’t afford a new car.

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)hullik, (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.

With its uncommon personal forms included:

(With verbal prefixes):

• telik 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