elesik

Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ esik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛʃik]
• Hyphenation: el‧esik
• Rhymes: -ɛʃik

Verb

elesik

1. (intransitive, of a person or animal) to fall down, to fall (to lose one's balance and fall to the ground)
2. (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.

3. (intransitive, of a city, castle, country) to fall, to collapse (to become overthrown or defeated, to be taken by the enemy)
4. (intransitive, figuratively, with -tól/-től) to become ineligible (to lose financial support or some other expected thing)

Conjugation

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

• elesés

 

Further reading

• 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)