botlik

See also: Botlík

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• (archaic or literary) botol

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested base word *bot- + -l (frequentative suffix) + -ik.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbotlik]
• Hyphenation: bot‧lik
• Rhymes: -otlik

Verb

botlik

1. (intransitive) to stumble (to trip or fall)

Conjugation

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	botlok	botlasz	botlik	botlunk	botlotok	botlanak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	botlottam	botlottál	botlott	botlottunk	botlottatok	botlottak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. botlani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	botlék or botlám	botlál	botla or botlék	botlánk	botlátok	botlának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. botlik vala, botlott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	botlandok (or botlandom)	botlandasz (or botlandol)	botland (or botlandik*)	botlandunk	botlandotok	botlandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	botlanék (or botlanám)	botlanál	botlana (or botlanék*)	botlanánk	botlanátok	botlanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. botlott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	botoljak	botolj or botoljál	botoljon or botoljék	botoljunk	botoljatok	botoljanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. botlott légyen
Infinitive	botlani		botlanom	botlanod	botlania	botlanunk	botlanotok	botlaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	botlás		botló	botlott	―	botolva (botolván)		botlat or botlaszt

conjugation of botlik

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	botolhatok	botolhatsz (or botolhatol)	botolhat (or botolhatik)	botolhatunk	botolhattok	botolhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	botolhattam	botolhattál	botolhatott	botolhattunk	botolhattatok	botolhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	botlhaték or botlhatám	botlhatál	botlhata or botlhaték	botlhatánk	botlhatátok	botlhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. botolhat vala, botolhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	botolhatandok or botlandhatok (or botolhatandom or botlandhatom)	botolhatandasz or botlandhatsz (or botolhatandol or botlandhatol)	botolhatand or botlandhat (or botolhatandik or botlandhatik*)	botolhatandunk or botlandhatunk	botolhatandotok or botlandhattok	botolhatandanak or botlandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	botolhatnék (or botolhatnám)	botolhatnál	botolhatna (or botolhatnék*)	botolhatnánk	botolhatnátok	botolhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. botolhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	botolhassak (or botolhassam)	botolhass or botolhassál	botolhasson (or botolhassék)	botolhassunk	botolhassatok	botolhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. botolhatott légyen
Inf.	(botolhatni)		(botolhatnom)	(botolhatnod)	(botolhatnia)	(botolhatnunk)	(botolhatnotok)	(botolhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(botolhatva / botolhatván)

potential conjugation of botlik

Derived terms

• botladozik
• botlás

(With verbal prefixes):

• belebotlik
• elbotlik
• megbotlik

Compound words

• csetlik-botlik

References

1. botlik 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

• botlik 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
• botlik in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).