kotlik

See also: kotlík

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -lik (verb-forming suffix).[1] Cognates include the verbs kotkodácsol and kotyog.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkotlik]
  • Hyphenation: kot‧lik

Verb

kotlik

  1. (intransitive, of a hen or other female birds) to brood (to keep an egg warm to make it hatch)
    Synonym: költ
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial, of a person) to brood, sit (to stay in one place - at home - for a long time)
    Synonym: gubbaszt
  3. (intransitive, sarcastic, of a person) to brood (to work on something slowly and for long)
    Egész nap a térkép felett kotlik. ― He is brooding over the map all day.
    Synonyms: piszmog, vacakol

Conjugation
conjugation of kotlik
Infinitive kotlani
Past participle kotlott
Present participle kotló
Future participle -
Adverbial participle kotolva
Potential kotolhat
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 kotlok kotlasz kotlik kotlunk kotlotok kotlanak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite kotlottam kotlottál kotlott kotlottunk kotlottatok kotlottak
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite kotlanék kotlanál kotlana kotlanánk kotlanátok kotlanának
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite kotoljak kotolj
or
kotoljál		 kotoljon kotoljunk kotoljatok kotoljanak
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive kotlanom kotlanod kotlania kotlanunk kotlanotok kotlaniuk

Derived terms

References
  1. 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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