elesik
Hungarian
Etymology
el- + esik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛʃik]
- Hyphenation: el‧esik
- Rhymes: -ɛʃik
Verb
elesik
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) to fall down, to fall (to lose one's balance and fall to the ground)
- (intransitive) to fall, to die, to be killed in action, to be killed (in the war or battle)
- Synonyms: életét veszti, meghal
- A katona elesett a második világháborúban. ― The soldier was killed in World War II.
- (intransitive, of a city, castle, country) to fall, to collapse (to become overthrown or defeated, to be taken by the enemy)
- (intransitive, figuratively, with -tól/-től) to become ineligible (to lose financial support or some other expected thing)
Conjugation
conjugation of elesik
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. | elesem or elesek | elesel | elesik | elesünk | elestek | elesnek |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | elestem | elestél | elesett | elestünk | elestetek | elestek | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | elesnék | elesnél | elesne | elesnénk | elesnétek | elesnének |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | elessek or elessem | eless or elessél | elessen | elessünk | elessetek | elessenek |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | elesni | elesnem | elesned | elesnie | elesnünk | elesnetek | elesniük | |
Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
elesés | eleső | elesett | elesendő | elesve | eleshet |
Derived terms
- elesés
Further reading
- elesik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- elesik 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 2023)