múlik

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mule- (to go by, pass) using the suffix + -ik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmuːlik]
  • Hyphenation: mú‧lik

Verb

múlik

  1. (of time) to pass, to go by, to elapse
    • 1906, Gyula Krúdy, A podolini kísértet, chapter 6:
      A podolini Riminiszky-házban egyhangúan múltak a napok. A házigazda meggyógyult, és a medvebőrt többé senki sem terítette a sarokba, hogy Ancsurka macskájával oda letelepedjen.
  2. to become less and less prominent
  3. (of pain) to subside, to stop gradually
  4. to depend on, to be up to someone, to be a question/matter of something (-n/-on/-en/-ön)
    Nem rajtam múlik. - It's not up to me. (It does not depend on me.)

Conjugation

  • in the sense to depend, the past form can also be múlott instead of múlt (e.g. Nem rajtam múlott/múlt. - It did not depend on me.)

Synonyms

  • (time): telik
  • (become less prominent): elül
  • (depend): függ

Derived terms

(With verb prefixes)

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