hámlik

Hungarian

Etymology

[1527] From Proto-Uralic *kama (“skin”)[1] + -lik.[2] Cognates include Finnish kamara.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːmlik]
  • Hyphenation: hám‧lik

Verb

hámlik

  1. (intransitive) to peel (to come off in layers)
    Hámlik a bőre. ― His skin is peeling.

Conjugation
conjugation of hámlik
Infinitive hámlani
Past participle hámlott
Present participle hámló
Future participle -
Adverbial participle hámolva
Potential hámolhat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite hámlok hámlasz hámlik hámlunk hámlotok hámlanak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite hámlottam hámlottál hámlott hámlottunk hámlottatok hámlottak
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite hámlanék hámlanál hámlana hámlanánk hámlanátok hámlanának
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite hámoljak hámolj
or
hámoljál		 hámoljon hámoljunk hámoljatok hámoljanak
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive hámlanom hámlanod hámlania hámlanunk hámlanotok hámlaniuk

Usage notes

This verb belongs among those whose subjunctive forms (as well as adverbial participle and potential) would generate a cluster of three consonants, which is hard to pronounce. To avoid it, linguistic literature usually advises inserting a vowel between the first two consonants (or in some cases, avoiding these forms altogether). However, many native speakers find it just as awkward as the triple-consonant option and shrink from using it, even refusing these forms on hearing (although people have no objection to using the same linking vowel with other verbs like oszlik or bomlik). If someone wants to avoid these forms, a synonymous verb can be used instead or the sentence can be rephrased. (Verbs that are currently categorized as not having the above forms at all are listed at Hungarian defective verbs. However, in this case there is not always a clear dividing line between uncommon and impossible.) Further reading (in Hungarian):

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • lehámlik

References
  1. Entry #233 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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