beválik

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ válik.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛvaːlik]
  • Hyphenation: be‧vá‧lik
  • Rhymes: -aːlik
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Verb[edit]

beválik (intransitive)

  1. to work (to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)
  2. (archaic) to fit the bill as, to be well suited as (-nak/-nek)
    Synonym: beillik
  3. (archaic) to prove to be, to turn out (-nak/-nek)
    Synonym: bizonyul
  4. to come true, to be realized
    Synonyms: beteljesül, megvalósul, valóra válik

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is called a pseudo-ik verb, as its -ik ending presents itself only in the 3rd-person singular (indicative present) form, but it is not an -ik verb in any other aspect. As a result, it cannot take the -om/-em/-öm ending in the 1st-person singular (indicative present) form, even in the most erudite style, only -ok/-ek/-ök. Naturally, the optional -m ending cannot appear, either, in their subjunctive or conditional 1st-person singular forms, so only -jak/-jek and -nék is possible in these respective forms. These verbs include the following: bomlik, (el)bújik, (meg)érik, (le)folyik, (össze)gyűlik, hazudik, (le)hull(ik), (bele)/(oda)illik, (meg)jelenik, (el)kopik, (el)múlik, ömlik, (meg)születik, (meg)szűnik, (meg)telik, tojik, (el)törik, (el)/(fel)tűnik, (el)válik, and (el)züllik. (Ki)nyílik partially belongs here, as it cannot take the first-person -om ending but it can take the third-person -jék.

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Further reading[edit]

  • beválik 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
  • beválik 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)