emik

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ime- (to suck) + -ik. Cognate with Finnish imeä.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmik]
  • Hyphenation: emik
  • Rhymes: -ɛmik

Verb

emik

  1. (obsolete) to suck
    Synonym: szopik

Conjugation

Conjugation of emik
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. emek emsz emik emünk emtek emnek
def. emem emed emi emjük emitek emik
2nd obj emlek
past indef. emtem emtél emett emtünk emtetek emtek
def. emtem emted emte emtük emtétek emték
2nd obj emtelek
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. emni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. emék emél eme eménk emétek emének
def. emém eméd emé eménk emétek emék
2nd obj emélek
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. emik vala, emett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. emendek emendesz emend emendünk emendetek emendenek
def. emendem emended emendi emendjük emenditek emendik
2nd obj emendelek
condi­tional pre­sent indef. emnék emnél emne emnénk emnétek emnének
def. emném emnéd emné emnénk
(or emnők)
emnétek emnék
2nd obj emnélek
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. emett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. emjek emj or
emjél
emjen emjünk emjetek emjenek
def. emjem emd or
emjed
emje emjük emjétek emjék
2nd obj emjelek
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. emett légyen
infinitive emni emnem emned emnie emnünk emnetek emniük
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
emés emő emett emendő emve (emvén) emtet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
Potential conjugation of emik
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. emhetek emhetsz emhet emhetünk emhettek emhetnek
def. emhetem emheted emheti emhetjük emhetitek emhetik
2nd obj emhetlek
past indef. emhettem emhettél emhetett emhettünk emhettetek emhettek
def. emhettem emhetted emhette emhettük emhettétek emhették
2nd obj emhettelek
archaic
preterite
indef. emheték emhetél emhete emheténk emhetétek emhetének
def. emhetém emhetéd emheté emheténk emhetétek emheték
2nd obj emhetélek
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. emhet vala, emhetett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. emhetendek
or emandhatok
emhetendesz
or emandhatsz
emhetend
or emandhat
emhetendünk
or emandhatunk
emhetendetek
or emandhattok
emhetendenek
or emandhatnak
def. emhetendem
or emandhatom
emhetended
or emandhatod
emhetendi
or emandhatja
emhetendjük
or emandhatjuk
emhetenditek
or emandhatjátok
emhetendik
or emandhatják
2nd obj emhetendelek
or emandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. emhetnék emhetnél emhetne emhetnénk emhetnétek emhetnének
def. emhetném emhetnéd emhetné emhetnénk
(or emhetnők)
emhetnétek emhetnék
2nd obj emhetnélek
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. emhetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. emhessek emhess or
emhessél
emhessen emhessünk emhessetek emhessenek
def. emhessem emhesd or
emhessed
emhesse emhessük emhessétek emhessék
2nd obj emhesselek
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. emhetett légyen
infinitive (emhetni) (emhetnem) (emhetned) (emhetnie) (emhetnünk) (emhetnetek) (emhetniük)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
emhető emhetetlen (emhetve / emhetvén)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Entry #148 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ emik 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

  • emik in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.