telek

See also: -telek and tełek

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛk]
• Hyphenation: te‧lek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

The etymology is disputed. It has been derived in at least three ways:

• From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as the verb telik (“to fill”).
• From tel (“ground, soil”) + -k (noun suffix). For the same suffix, compare lélek (“soul”).
• From Oghur *tilök “separated (area)”, from Proto-Turkic *til (“to cut”), via Old Hungarian telük. In this case, possibly cognate with Kyrgyz тилке (tilke, “parcel, lot”).

Noun

telek (plural telkek)

1. lot (US), parcel (of land), plot, piece of ground (an area or land used for building on or planting on)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	telek	telkek
accusative	telket	telkeket
dative	teleknek	telkeknek
instrumental	telekkel	telkekkel
causal-final	telekért	telkekért
translative	telekké	telkekké
terminative	telekig	telkekig
essive-formal	telekként	telkekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	telekben	telkekben
superessive	telken	telkeken
adessive	teleknél	telkeknél
illative	telekbe	telkekbe
sublative	telekre	telkekre
allative	telekhez	telkekhez
elative	telekből	telkekből
delative	telekről	telkekről
ablative	telektől	telkektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	teleké	telkeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	telekéi	telkekéi

Possessive forms of telek

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	telkem	telkeim
2nd person sing.	telked	telkeid
3rd person sing.	telke	telkei
1st person plural	telkünk	telkeink
2nd person plural	telketek	telkeitek
3rd person plural	telkük	telkeik

Etymology 2

tél (“winter”) +‎ -ek (plural suffix)

Noun

telek

1. nominative plural of tél

Etymology 3

telik (“to fill, to become full”) +‎ -ek (“I”, personal suffix)

Verb

telek

1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of telik

Usage notes

This form occasionally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• telek (…) be, be … telek ― betelek ― betelik
• telek (…) el, el … telek ― eltelek ― eltelik
• telek (…) meg, meg … telek ― megtelek ― megtelik

Further reading

• telek in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Anagrams

• kelet, kelte, telke