érzik

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ér‧zik
• Rhymes: -eːrzik

érzik

1. (intransitive, archaic) Alternative form of érződik (“to be (can be) felt, to be perceptible or noticeable”)
   • 1930, Dezső Kosztolányi, “Good News”, in Jó hír‎:

     s hajadban a csillagok illata érzik

     and the scent of stars can be felt in your hair

   • 1931, Aladár Kuncz (Q584127), A fekete kolostor (“The Black Monastery”)

     Vigasztaló szavai ellenére is érzik rajta, hogy feje felett még sötétebb sors árnya borong.

     Despite his comforting words, he can be perceived to have the shade of an even darker fate looming above his head.

   • 1958 January, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Január‎:

     Érzett az alvilági hő

     The underworldly heat could be felt

• This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, ér–érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.
• The stative types of the sense verbs feel, smell, and taste are uncommon in Hungarian (i.e., those expressing some sensory information conveyed, in contrast to the voluntary actions of using these senses or the involuntary perception). Instead, adjectival (-ú/-ű/-jú/-jű) and possessive (…-a/-e/-ja/-je van) constructions are used, and these are also applicable for sound. (The first two rows are for action verbs and perception verbs that behave similarly to English.)

On the other hand, certain verbs can express particular sensory impressions, e.g. illatozik (“to smell sweet, to be fragrant”) and bűzlik (“to stink, to reek”).

Its infinitive may also be érezni,^[1] coinciding with the infinitive of érez (“to feel”), just like the singular past-tense indicative form, the singular and plural subjunctive, and the nonfinite forms.

(With verbal prefixes):

érez (“to feel”) +‎ -ik (personal suffix)

érzik

1. third-person plural indicative present definite of érez

• (to be felt): érzik 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
• (to be felt): érzik in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).