elesik
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
elesik
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) to fall down, to fall (to lose one's balance and fall to the ground)
- (intransitive) to fall, to die, to be killed in action, to be killed (in the war or battle)
- Synonyms: életét veszti, meghal
- A katona elesett a második világháborúban. ― The soldier was killed in World War II.
- (intransitive, of a city, castle, country) to fall, to collapse (to become overthrown or defeated, to be taken by the enemy)
- (intransitive, figuratively, with -tól/-től) to become ineligible (to lose financial support or some other expected thing)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of elesik
| 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. | elesem or elesek |
elesel | elesik | elesünk | elestek | elesnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elestem | elestél | elesett | elestünk | elestetek | elestek | ||
| 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 esni. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elesék | elesél | elese | elesénk | elesétek | elesének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elesik vala, elesett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elesendek | elesendesz | elesend | elesendünk | elesendetek | elesendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elesnék | elesnél | elesne | elesnénk | elesnétek | elesnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elesett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elessek or elessem |
eless or elessél |
elessen | elessünk | elessetek | elessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elesett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | elesni | elesnem | elesned | elesnie | elesnünk | elesnetek | elesniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| elesés | eleső | elesett | elesendő | elesve (elesvén) | |||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem esik el or el is esik. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of elesik
| 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. | eleshetek (or eleshetem) |
eleshetsz | eleshet | eleshetünk | eleshettek | eleshetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | eleshettem | eleshettél | eleshetett | eleshettünk | eleshettetek | eleshettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elesheték | eleshetél | eleshete | elesheténk | eleshetétek | eleshetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. eleshet vala, eleshetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | eleshetendek or elesandhatok |
eleshetendesz or elesandhatsz |
eleshetend or elesandhat |
eleshetendünk or elesandhatunk |
eleshetendetek or elesandhattok |
eleshetendenek or elesandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | eleshetnék | eleshetnél | eleshetne | eleshetnénk | eleshetnétek | eleshetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. eleshetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | eleshessek | eleshess or eleshessél |
eleshessen | eleshessünk | eleshessetek | eleshessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. eleshetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (eleshetni) | (eleshetnem) | (eleshetned) | (eleshetnie) | (eleshetnünk) | (eleshetnetek) | (eleshetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (eleshetve / eleshetvén) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem eshet el or el is eshet. | |||||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- elesik 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
- elesik 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)