telik

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• tellik

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *täwδe- or Proto-Uralic *täwde, (*tälkɜ-) (“complete, full”) + -ik (reflexive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlik]
• Hyphenation: te‧lik
• Rhymes: -ɛlik

Verb

telik

1. (intransitive) to fill (to get filled)

   Synonym: megtelik

   Active-voice counterpart: tölt

2. (intransitive, of time) to elapse, to pass, to go by

   Synonyms: eltelik, múlik, elmúlik

   Telik az idő. ― Time is going by.

3. (intransitive, of time, less commonly of work etc.) to take, demand, require the given amount of expenditure (used with -ba/-be)

   Synonyms: kerül, igénybe vesz

   Egy órába telt, amíg/mire odaértünk / Egy órába telt odaérnünk. ― It took us an hour to get there.

4. (intransitive, impersonal) to be able to afford to buy (something -ra/-re, for someone -nak/-nek)

   Synonyms: tellik, futja, megengedhet

   Nekünk nem telik új kocsira. ― We can’t afford a new car.

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 telik

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.	only 3rd-person forms		telik	only 3rd-person forms		telnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	―		telt	―		teltek
		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. telni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	―		tele or telék	―		telének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. telik vala, telt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	―		telend (or telendik)	―		telendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	―		telne (or telnék)	―		telnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. telt volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	―		teljen or teljék	―		teljenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. telt légyen
Infinitive	telni		―		telnie	―		telniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	telés		telő	telt	―	telve (telvén)

potential conjugation of telik

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.	only 3rd-person forms		telhet (or telhetik)	only 3rd-person forms		telhetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	―		telhetett	―		telhettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	―		telhete or telheték	―		telhetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. telhet vala, telhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	―		telhetend or telandhat (or telhetendik or telandhatik)	―		telhetendenek or telandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	―		telhetne (or telhetnék)	―		telhetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. telhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	―		telhessen (or telhessék)	―		telhessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. telhetett légyen
Inf.	(telhetni)		―		(telhetnie)	―		(telhetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(telhetve / telhetvén)

With its uncommon personal forms included:

conjugation of telik

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.	telek	telsz	telik	telünk	teltek	telnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	teltem	teltél	telt	teltünk	teltetek	teltek
		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. telni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	telék or telém	telél	tele or telék	telénk	telétek	telének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. telik vala, telt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	telendek (or telendem)	telendesz (or telendel)	telend (or telendik*)	telendünk	telendetek	telendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	telnék (or telném)	telnél	telne (or telnék*)	telnénk	telnétek	telnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. telt volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	teljek	telj or teljél	teljen or teljék	teljünk	teljetek	teljenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. telt légyen
Infinitive	telni		telnem	telned	telnie	telnünk	telnetek	telniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	telés		telő	telt	―	telve (telvén)

potential conjugation of telik

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.	telhetek	telhetsz (or telhetel)	telhet (or telhetik)	telhetünk	telhettek	telhetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	telhettem	telhettél	telhetett	telhettünk	telhettetek	telhettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	telheték or telhetém	telhetél	telhete or telheték	telheténk	telhetétek	telhetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. telhet vala, telhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	telhetendek or telandhatok (or telhetendem or telandhatom)	telhetendesz or telandhatsz (or telhetendel or telandhatol)	telhetend or telandhat (or telhetendik or telandhatik*)	telhetendünk or telandhatunk	telhetendetek or telandhattok	telhetendenek or telandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	telhetnék (or telhetném)	telhetnél	telhetne (or telhetnék*)	telhetnénk	telhetnétek	telhetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. telhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	telhessek (or telhessem)	telhess or telhessél	telhessen (or telhessék)	telhessünk	telhessetek	telhessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. telhetett légyen
Inf.	(telhetni)		(telhetnem)	(telhetned)	(telhetnie)	(telhetnünk)	(telhetnetek)	(telhetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(telhetve / telhetvén)

Derived terms

• televény
• telés
• telít

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• betelik
• beletelik
• eltelik
• kitelik
• letelik
• megtelik

Related terms

• tölt

 

Further reading

• telik 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