jelenik
Hungarian
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛlɛnik]
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- Hyphenation: je‧le‧nik
- Rhymes: -ɛnik
Usage notes
    
This form only occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- jelenik (…) meg, meg … jelenik ― megjelenik
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
    
| 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. | jelenek | jelensz | jelenik | jelenünk | jelentek | jelennek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | jelentem | jelentél | jelent | jelentünk | jelentetek | jelentek | ||
| 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. jelenni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit | Indef. | jelenék or jeleném | jelenél | jelene or jelenék | jelenénk | jelenétek | jelenének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. jelenik vala, jelent vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future | Indef. | jelenendek (or jelenendem) | jelenendesz (or jelenendel) | jelenend (or jelenendik*) | jelenendünk | jelenendetek | jelenendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | jelennék (or jelenném) | jelennél | jelenne (or jelennék*) | jelennénk | jelennétek | jelennének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. jelent volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | jelenjek | jelenj or jelenjél | jelenjen or jelenjék | jelenjünk | jelenjetek | jelenjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. jelent légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | jelenni | jelennem | jelenned | jelennie | jelennünk | jelennetek | jelenniük | ||
| Other forms | Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| jelenés | jelenő | jelent | ― | jelenve (jelenvén) | |||||
| 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. | jelenhetek | jelenhetsz (or jelenhetel) | jelenhet (or jelenhetik) | jelenhetünk | jelenhettek | jelenhetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | jelenhettem | jelenhettél | jelenhetett | jelenhettünk | jelenhettetek | jelenhettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit | Indef. | jelenheték or jelenhetém | jelenhetél | jelenhete or jelenheték | jelenheténk | jelenhetétek | jelenhetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. jelenhet vala, jelenhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future | Indef. | jelenhetendek or jelenandhatok (or jelenhetendem or jelenandhatom) | jelenhetendesz or jelenandhatsz (or jelenhetendel or jelenandhatol) | jelenhetend or jelenandhat (or jelenhetendik or jelenandhatik*) | jelenhetendünk or jelenandhatunk | jelenhetendetek or jelenandhattok | jelenhetendenek or jelenandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | jelenhetnék (or jelenhetném) | jelenhetnél | jelenhetne (or jelenhetnék*) | jelenhetnénk | jelenhetnétek | jelenhetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. jelenhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | jelenhessek (or jelenhessem) | jelenhess or jelenhessél | jelenhessen (or jelenhessék) | jelenhessünk | jelenhessetek | jelenhessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. jelenhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (jelenhetni) | (jelenhetnem) | (jelenhetned) | (jelenhetnie) | (jelenhetnünk) | (jelenhetnetek) | (jelenhetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (jelenhetve / jelenhetvén) | ||||
References
    
- jelenik 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
    
- megjelenik 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