belebotlik

Hungarian

Etymology

bele- +‎ botlik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɛbotlik]
  • Hyphenation: be‧le‧bot‧lik
  • Rhymes: -otlik

Verb

belebotlik

  1. (intransitive) to bump into something (-ba/-be) (to collide with something while walking)
    A szoba sötét volt és én belebotlottam egy székbe.The room was dark and I bumped into a chair.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to run into someone (-ba/-be) (to encounter or meet unexpectedly)
    Synonyms: találkozik, összeakad
    Az utcán belebotlottam a barátomba.I ran into my friend on the street.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively, rare, colloquial) to encounter someone unexpectedly and fall in love

Conjugation

Conjugation of belebotlik
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. belebotlok belebotlasz belebotlik belebotlunk belebotlotok belebotlanak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. belebotlottam belebotlottál belebotlott belebotlottunk belebotlottatok belebotlottak
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. bele fog botlani.
archaic
preterite
indef. belebotlék or
belebotlám
belebotlál belebotla or
belebotlék
belebotlánk belebotlátok belebotlának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. belebotlik vala, belebotlott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. belebotlandok
(or belebotlandom)
belebotlandasz
(or belebotlandol)
belebotland
(or belebotlandik*)
belebotlandunk belebotlandotok belebotlandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. belebotlanék
(or belebotlanám)
belebotlanál belebotlana
(or belebotlanék*)
belebotlanánk belebotlanátok belebotlanának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. belebotlott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. belebotoljak belebotolj or
belebotoljál
belebotoljon or
belebotoljék
belebotoljunk belebotoljatok belebotoljanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. belebotlott légyen
infinitive belebotlani belebotlanom belebotlanod belebotlania belebotlanunk belebotlanotok belebotlaniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
belebotlás belebotló belebotlott belebotolva (belebotolván) belebotlat or belebotlaszt
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem botlik bele or bele is botlik.
Potential conjugation of belebotlik
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. belebotolhatok belebotolhatsz
(or belebotolhatol)
belebotolhat
(or belebotolhatik)
belebotolhatunk belebotolhattok belebotolhatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. belebotolhattam belebotolhattál belebotolhatott belebotolhattunk belebotolhattatok belebotolhattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. belebotlhaték or
belebotlhatám
belebotlhatál belebotlhata or
belebotlhaték
belebotlhatánk belebotlhatátok belebotlhatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. belebotolhat vala, belebotolhatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. belebotolhatandok
or belebotlandhatok
(or belebotolhatandom
or belebotlandhatom)
belebotolhatandasz
or belebotlandhatsz
(or belebotolhatandol
or belebotlandhatol)
belebotolhatand
or belebotlandhat
(or belebotolhatandik
or belebotlandhatik*)
belebotolhatandunk
or belebotlandhatunk
belebotolhatandotok
or belebotlandhattok
belebotolhatandanak
or belebotlandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. belebotolhatnék
(or belebotolhatnám)
belebotolhatnál belebotolhatna
(or belebotolhatnék*)
belebotolhatnánk belebotolhatnátok belebotolhatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. belebotolhatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. belebotolhassak or
belebotolhassam
belebotolhass or
belebotolhassál
belebotolhasson or
belebotolhassék
belebotolhassunk belebotolhassatok belebotolhassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. belebotolhatott légyen
infinitive (belebotolhatni) (belebotolhatnom) (belebotolhatnod) (belebotolhatnia) (belebotolhatnunk) (belebotolhatnotok) (belebotolhatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(belebotolhatva / belebotolhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem botolhat bele or bele is botolhat.

Further reading

  • belebotlik 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.
  • belebotlik in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).