rejlik

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same unattested stem as rejt (to hide) + -lik.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛjlik]
  • Hyphenation: rej‧lik
  • Rhymes: -ɛjlik

Verb

rejlik

  1. (intransitive) to be hidden, to lie (e.g. behind something)
    Active-voice counterpart: rejt
    Ebben rejlik a megoldásThe solution is to be found in that.

Conjugation

Instead of its (missing) subjunctive forms, those of the synonymous verb rejtőzik may be used.

References

  1. rejlik 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

  • rejlik 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
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