elered

Hungarian

Etymology

From el- (verbal prefix) +‎ ered.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛrɛd]
• Rhymes: -ɛd
• Hyphenation: el‧ered

Verb

elered

1. (intransitive, of rain, tears, blood, snow, water) to begin to flow/run

   Synonyms: megindul, folyni kezd, csorogni kezd

   • 1925, Dezső Kosztolányi, Aranysárkány (The Golden Kite)‎^[1]:

     A tikkasztó hőségben eleredt az orra vére.

     His nose started bleeding in the sweltering heat.

2. (intransitive, dialectal, archaic, of a person) to go somewhere, to leave

   Synonyms: elindul, elmegy, eltávozik

3. (intransitive, rare, of speech, conversation, with nyelve) to find one's tongue (to speak after remaining silent)

   Synonym: megered

   • 1894, Justh Zsigmond, Fuimus‎^[2]:

     A nagy családi omnibusz kirobogott a tágas udvarról, és hogy Stefi egyedül maradt Poldi és Gáborral, eleredt a nyelve, de úgy, mint csak egy oly leánynak, kit hetek és hónapok óta nem engedtek szóhoz jutni a nénjei, ő lévén köztük a legcsendesebb és leghunyászkodóbb.

     The big family omnibus sped out of the spacious yard, and as Stefi was left alone with Poldi and Gábor, her tongue loosened, like a girl who had not been allowed to speak by her sisters for weeks and months, being the quietest and most reserved among them.

Conjugation

conjugation of elered

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.	eleredek	eleredsz	elered	eleredünk	eleredtek	elerednek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	eleredtem	eleredtél	eleredt	eleredtünk	eleredtetek	eleredtek
		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. el fog eredni.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	eleredék	eleredél	elerede	eleredénk	eleredétek	eleredének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elered vala, eleredt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	eleredendek	eleredendesz	eleredend	eleredendünk	eleredendetek	eleredendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elerednék	elerednél	eleredne	elerednénk	elerednétek	elerednének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. eleredt volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	eleredjek	eleredj or eleredjél	eleredjen	eleredjünk	eleredjetek	eleredjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. eleredt légyen
Infinitive	eleredni		elerednem	eleredned	elerednie	elerednünk	elerednetek	eleredniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	eleredés		eleredő	eleredt	―	eleredve (eleredvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ered el or el is ered.

potential conjugation of elered

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.	eleredhetek	eleredhetsz	eleredhet	eleredhetünk	eleredhettek	eleredhetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	eleredhettem	eleredhettél	eleredhetett	eleredhettünk	eleredhettetek	eleredhettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	eleredheték	eleredhetél	eleredhete	eleredheténk	eleredhetétek	eleredhetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. eleredhet vala, eleredhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	eleredhetendek or eleredandhatok	eleredhetendesz or eleredandhatsz	eleredhetend or eleredandhat	eleredhetendünk or eleredandhatunk	eleredhetendetek or eleredandhattok	eleredhetendenek or eleredandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	eleredhetnék	eleredhetnél	eleredhetne	eleredhetnénk	eleredhetnétek	eleredhetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. eleredhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	eleredhessek	eleredhess or eleredhessél	eleredhessen	eleredhessünk	eleredhessetek	eleredhessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. eleredhetett légyen
Inf.	(eleredhetni)		(eleredhetnem)	(eleredhetned)	(eleredhetnie)	(eleredhetnünk)	(eleredhetnetek)	(eleredhetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(eleredhetve / eleredhetvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem eredhet el or el is eredhet.

Further reading

• elered 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
• elered 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)