belebotlik

Hungarian

Etymology

bele- +‎ botlik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɛbotlik]
• Hyphenation: be‧le‧bot‧lik
• Rhymes: -otlik

Verb

belebotlik

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (intransitive, figuratively, rare, colloquial) to encounter someone unexpectedly and fall in love

Conjugation

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

• 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)