születik

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Hungarian

Etymology

szül (to give birth, to bear) +‎ -etik (passive-forming suffix)

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  • Hyphenation: szü‧le‧tik
  • Rhymes: -ɛtik

Verb

születik

  1. (intransitive) to be born
    Perfective: megszületik
    • 1987, “Első könyv. A lyukas lepedő”, in Salman Rushdie, translated by Mihály Falvay, Az éjfél gyermekei, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 9; translation of Midnight's Children, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981:
      Bombay városában születtem… egyszer rég, valaha. Nem, ez így sajnos kevés, nem hallgathatom el a dátumot: Dr. Narlikár szülőotthonában születtem, 1947. augusztus 15-én.

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)hull(ik), (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.

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