rejlik

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the same unattested stem as rejt (to hide) + -lik.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rejlik

  1. (intransitive) to be hidden, to lie (e.g. behind something)
    Active-voice counterpart: rejt
    Ebben rejlik a megoldásThe solution is to be found in that.

Conjugation

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Instead of its (missing) subjunctive forms, those of the synonymous verb rejtőzik may be used.

References

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  1. ^ rejlik in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • rejlik 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