botlik

See also: Botlík

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • (archaic or literary) botol

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested base word *bot- + -l (frequentative suffix) + -ik.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbotlik]
  • Hyphenation: bot‧lik
  • Rhymes: -otlik

Verb

botlik

  1. (intransitive) to stumble (to trip or fall)

Conjugation

Conjugation of botlik
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. botlok botlasz botlik botlunk botlotok botlanak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. botlottam botlottál botlott botlottunk botlottatok botlottak
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. botlani fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. botlék or
botlám
botlál botla or
botlék
botlánk botlátok botlának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. botlik vala, botlott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. botlandok
(or botlandom)
botlandasz
(or botlandol)
botland
(or botlandik*)
botlandunk botlandotok botlandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. botlanék
(or botlanám)
botlanál botlana
(or botlanék*)
botlanánk botlanátok botlanának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. botlott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. botoljak botolj or
botoljál
botoljon or
botoljék
botoljunk botoljatok botoljanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. botlott légyen
infinitive botlani botlanom botlanod botlania botlanunk botlanotok botlaniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
botlás botló botlott botolva (botolván) botlat or botlaszt
Potential conjugation of botlik
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. botolhatok botolhatsz
(or botolhatol)
botolhat
(or botolhatik)
botolhatunk botolhattok botolhatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. botolhattam botolhattál botolhatott botolhattunk botolhattatok botolhattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. botlhaték or
botlhatám
botlhatál botlhata or
botlhaték
botlhatánk botlhatátok botlhatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. botolhat vala, botolhatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. botolhatandok
or botlandhatok
(or botolhatandom
or botlandhatom)
botolhatandasz
or botlandhatsz
(or botolhatandol
or botlandhatol)
botolhatand
or botlandhat
(or botolhatandik
or botlandhatik*)
botolhatandunk
or botlandhatunk
botolhatandotok
or botlandhattok
botolhatandanak
or botlandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. botolhatnék
(or botolhatnám)
botolhatnál botolhatna
(or botolhatnék*)
botolhatnánk botolhatnátok botolhatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. botolhatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. botolhassak or
botolhassam
botolhass or
botolhassál
botolhasson or
botolhassék
botolhassunk botolhassatok botolhassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. botolhatott légyen
infinitive (botolhatni) (botolhatnom) (botolhatnod) (botolhatnia) (botolhatnunk) (botolhatnotok) (botolhatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(botolhatva / botolhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Compound words
  • csetlik-botlik

References

  1. ^ botlik 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

  • botlik 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.
  • botlik 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).