folyik

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric *pᴕlɜ- (“to stream bubbling”) + -ik.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfojik]
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Hyphenation: fo‧lyik
Rhymes: -ojik

Verb

folyik

(intransitive) to flow
Active-voice counterpart: folyat
(intransitive) to go on (to continue in extent)
Synonym: zajlik

Active-voice counterpart: folytat

Usage notes

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *folyik*
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
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	indicative	present	indef.	folyok	folysz	folyik	folyunk	folytok	folynak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	folytam	folytál	folyt	folytunk	folytatok	folytak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		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. folyni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	folyék or folyám	folyál	folya or folyék	folyánk	folyátok	folyának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. folyik vala, folyt vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	folyandok (or folyandom)	folyandasz (or folyandol)	folyand (or folyandik*)	folyandunk	folyandotok	folyandanak
		def.	―
		2nd obj

conditional		present	indef.	folynék (or folynám)	folynál	folyna (or folynék*)	folynánk	folynátok	folynának
	def.		―
	2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. folyt volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	folyjak	folyj or folyjál	folyjon or folyjék	folyjunk	folyjatok	folyjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. folyt légyen

infinitive		folyni		folynom	folynod	folynia	folynunk	folynotok	folyniuk
other forms	folyás		folyó	folyt	―	folyva (folyván)

Potential conjugation of *folyik*
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
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	indicative	present	indef.	folyhatok	folyhatsz (or folyhatol)	folyhat (or folyhatik)	folyhatunk	folyhattok	folyhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	folyhattam	folyhattál	folyhatott	folyhattunk	folyhattatok	folyhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	folyhaték or folyhatám	folyhatál	folyhata or folyhaték	folyhatánk	folyhatátok	folyhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. folyhat vala, folyhatott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	folyhatandok or folyandhatok (or folyhatandom or folyandhatom)	folyhatandasz or folyandhatsz (or folyhatandol or folyandhatol)	folyhatand or folyandhat (or folyhatandik or folyandhatik*)	folyhatandunk or folyandhatunk	folyhatandotok or folyandhattok	folyhatandanak or folyandhatnak
		def.	―
		2nd obj

conditional		present	indef.	folyhatnék (or folyhatnám)	folyhatnál	folyhatna (or folyhatnék*)	folyhatnánk	folyhatnátok	folyhatnának
	def.		―
	2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. folyhatott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	folyhassak or folyhassam	folyhass or folyhassál	folyhasson or folyhassék	folyhassunk	folyhassatok	folyhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. folyhatott légyen

infinitive		(folyhatni)		(folyhatnom)	(folyhatnod)	(folyhatnia)	(folyhatnunk)	(folyhatnotok)	(folyhatniuk)
other forms	―			―		(folyhatva / folyhatván)

Derived terms

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Expressions

a csapból is folyik

References

^ Entry #1832 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ folyik 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.)