züllik

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin[1] + -ik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzylːik]
Hyphenation: zül‧lik
Rhymes: -ylːik

Verb

züllik

(intransitive) to decay, to become depraved, to fall into degradation (to decline in quality in a moral sense)

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)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.

Conjugation

conjugation of züllik

			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
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	züllök	züllesz	züllik	züllünk	züllötök	züllenek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	züllöttem	züllöttél	züllött	züllöttünk	züllöttetek	züllöttek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	züllenék	züllenél	züllene	züllenénk	züllenétek	züllenének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	zülljek	züllj or zülljél	zülljön	zülljünk	zülljetek	zülljenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	zülleni		züllenem	züllened	züllenie	züllenünk	züllenetek	zülleniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			züllés	züllő	züllött	―	züllve	züllhet

Derived terms

züllés
zülleszt

(With verbal prefixes):

elzüllik
lezüllik

References

züllik 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.)