belebotlik
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
belebotlik
- (intransitive) to bump into something (-ba/-be) (to collide with something while walking)
- A szoba sötét volt és én belebotlottam egy székbe. ― The room was dark and I bumped into a chair.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to run into someone (-ba/-be) (to encounter or meet unexpectedly)
- Synonyms: találkozik, összeakad
- Az utcán belebotlottam a barátomba. ― I ran into my friend on the street.
- (intransitive, figuratively, rare, colloquial) to encounter someone unexpectedly and fall in love
Conjugation edit
conjugation of belebotlik
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | belebotlok | belebotlasz | belebotlik | belebotlunk | belebotlotok | belebotlanak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | belebotlottam | belebotlottál | belebotlott | belebotlottunk | belebotlottatok | belebotlottak | ||
| 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. bele fog botlani. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | belebotlék or belebotlám |
belebotlál | belebotla or belebotlék |
belebotlánk | belebotlátok | belebotlának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. belebotlik vala, belebotlott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | belebotlandok (or belebotlandom) |
belebotlandasz (or belebotlandol) |
belebotland (or belebotlandik*) |
belebotlandunk | belebotlandotok | belebotlandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | belebotlanék (or belebotlanám) |
belebotlanál | belebotlana (or belebotlanék*) |
belebotlanánk | belebotlanátok | belebotlanának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. belebotlott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | belebotoljak | belebotolj or belebotoljál |
belebotoljon or belebotoljék |
belebotoljunk | belebotoljatok | belebotoljanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. belebotlott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | belebotlani | belebotlanom | belebotlanod | belebotlania | belebotlanunk | belebotlanotok | belebotlaniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| belebotlás | belebotló | belebotlott | ― | belebotolva (belebotolván) | belebotlat or belebotlaszt | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem botlik bele or bele is botlik. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of belebotlik
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | belebotolhatok | belebotolhatsz (or belebotolhatol) |
belebotolhat (or belebotolhatik) |
belebotolhatunk | belebotolhattok | belebotolhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | belebotolhattam | belebotolhattál | belebotolhatott | belebotolhattunk | belebotolhattatok | belebotolhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | belebotlhaték or belebotlhatám |
belebotlhatál | belebotlhata or belebotlhaték |
belebotlhatánk | belebotlhatátok | belebotlhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. belebotolhat vala, belebotolhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | belebotolhatandok or belebotlandhatok (or belebotolhatandom or belebotlandhatom) |
belebotolhatandasz or belebotlandhatsz (or belebotolhatandol or belebotlandhatol) |
belebotolhatand or belebotlandhat (or belebotolhatandik or belebotlandhatik*) |
belebotolhatandunk or belebotlandhatunk |
belebotolhatandotok or belebotlandhattok |
belebotolhatandanak or belebotlandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | belebotolhatnék (or belebotolhatnám) |
belebotolhatnál | belebotolhatna (or belebotolhatnék*) |
belebotolhatnánk | belebotolhatnátok | belebotolhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. belebotolhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | belebotolhassak (or belebotolhassam) |
belebotolhass or belebotolhassál |
belebotolhasson (or belebotolhassék) |
belebotolhassunk | belebotolhassatok | belebotolhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. belebotolhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (belebotolhatni) | (belebotolhatnom) | (belebotolhatnod) | (belebotolhatnia) | (belebotolhatnunk) | (belebotolhatnotok) | (belebotolhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (belebotolhatva / belebotolhatván) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem botolhat bele or bele is botolhat. | |||||||||
Further reading edit
- belebotlik 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
- belebotlik 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 2024)