Hungarian

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Etymology

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el- +‎ telik

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛltɛlik]
  • Hyphenation: el‧te‧lik
  • Rhymes: -ɛlik

Verb

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eltelik

  1. (intransitive, of time) to pass, to go by, to elapse
  2. (intransitive) to be filled, sated, satiated, saturated or imbued (by food, drink or some intensive feeling; used with -val/-vel)
    Synonym: (with food) jóllakik
    Active-voice counterpart: eltelít

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • eltelik 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
  • eltelik 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)