elveszik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛsik]
  • Hyphenation: el‧ve‧szik

Etymology 1

el- + veszik

Verb

elveszik

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of elvész.
    Ha nem teszed el a pénztárcád, könnyen elveszik.If you don't put your wallet away, it will get lost easily. OR ...they will take it away easily.
    (see the other etymology as well)

Usage notes

  • This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik), the transitive forms if one of them is transitive (if either, it is the one without -ik) as well as an optional first-person singular indicative present indefinite form of the -ik verb. However, the meaning of these pairs is often unrelated. Examples include bánbánik, (el)vesz(el)veszik, érérik, nyúlnyúlik, (meg)bíz(meg)bízik and törtörik (the latter two pairs with related meanings; tör[ik] along with their verbal prefixes). Therefore one may well need to check the context and the verb arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

elvesz + -ik (personal suffix)

Verb

elveszik

  1. third-person plural indicative present definite of elvesz
    Ha nem teszed el a pénztárcád, könnyen elveszik.If you don't put your wallet away, they will take it away easily. OR it will get lost easily.
    (see the other etymology as well)
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