The result of conscious word formation from the archaic menekedik (“to flee”) + -ül, itself from the obsolete menik (“to escape”) + -ekedik (reflexive suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
menekül
Click for archaic forms | 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. | menekülök | menekülsz | menekül | menekülünk | menekültök | menekülnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | menekültem | menekültél | menekült | menekültünk | menekültetek | menekültek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. menekülni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | menekülék | menekülél | meneküle | menekülénk | menekülétek | menekülének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. menekül vala, menekült vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | menekülendek | menekülendesz | menekülend | menekülendünk | menekülendetek | menekülendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | menekülnék | menekülnél | menekülne | menekülnénk | menekülnétek | menekülnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. menekült volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | meneküljek | menekülj or meneküljél |
meneküljön | meneküljünk | meneküljetek | meneküljenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. menekült légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | menekülni | menekülnöm | menekülnöd | menekülnie | menekülnünk | menekülnötök | menekülniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
menekülés or menekvés |
menekülő or menekvő |
menekült | ― | menekülve (menekülvén) | |||||
Click for archaic forms | 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. | menekülhetek | menekülhetsz | menekülhet | menekülhetünk | menekülhettek | menekülhetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | menekülhettem | menekülhettél | menekülhetett | menekülhettünk | menekülhettetek | menekülhettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | menekülheték | menekülhetél | menekülhete | menekülheténk | menekülhetétek | menekülhetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. menekülhet vala, menekülhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | menekülhetendek or menekülandhatok |
menekülhetendesz or menekülandhatsz |
menekülhetend or menekülandhat |
menekülhetendünk or menekülandhatunk |
menekülhetendetek or menekülandhattok |
menekülhetendenek or menekülandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | menekülhetnék | menekülhetnél | menekülhetne | menekülhetnénk | menekülhetnétek | menekülhetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. menekülhetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | menekülhessek | menekülhess or menekülhessél |
menekülhessen | menekülhessünk | menekülhessetek | menekülhessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. menekülhetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (menekülhetni) | (menekülhetnem) | (menekülhetned) | (menekülhetnie) | (menekülhetnünk) | (menekülhetnetek) | (menekülhetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (menekülhetve / menekülhetvén) | ||||
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