siklik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃiklik]
• Hyphenation: sik‧lik
• Rhymes: -iklik

Verb

siklik

1. (intransitive) to glide, slide, crawl (snake)

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):

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.	siklok	siklasz	siklik	siklunk	siklotok	siklanak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	siklottam	siklottál	siklott	siklottunk	siklottatok	siklottak
		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. siklani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	siklék	siklál	sikla	siklánk	siklátok	siklának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. siklik vala, siklott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	siklandok	siklandasz	sikland	siklandunk	siklandotok	siklandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	siklanék	siklanál	siklana	siklanánk	siklanátok	siklanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. siklott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	sikoljak	sikolj or sikoljál	sikoljon	sikoljunk	sikoljatok	sikoljanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. siklott légyen
Infinitive	siklani		siklanom	siklanod	siklania	siklanunk	siklanotok	siklaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	siklás		sikló	siklott	―	sikolva (sikolván)

conjugation of siklik

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.	sikolhatok	sikolhatsz	sikolhat	sikolhatunk	sikolhattok	sikolhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	sikolhattam	sikolhattál	sikolhatott	sikolhattunk	sikolhattatok	sikolhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	siklhaték	siklhatál	siklhata	siklhatánk	siklhatátok	siklhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. sikolhat vala, sikolhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	sikolhatandok or siklandhatok	sikolhatandasz or siklandhatsz	sikolhatand or siklandhat	sikolhatandunk or siklandhatunk	sikolhatandotok or siklandhattok	sikolhatandanak or siklandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	sikolhatnék	sikolhatnál	sikolhatna	sikolhatnánk	sikolhatnátok	sikolhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. sikolhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	sikolhassak	sikolhass or sikolhassál	sikolhasson	sikolhassunk	sikolhassatok	sikolhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. sikolhatott légyen
Inf.	(sikolhatni)		(sikolhatnom)	(sikolhatnod)	(sikolhatnia)	(sikolhatnunk)	(sikolhatnotok)	(sikolhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(sikolhatva / sikolhatván)

potential conjugation of siklik

Derived terms

• siklat
• sikló

(With verbal prefixes):

• elsiklik
• kisiklik
• lesiklik
• végigsiklik

Further reading

• siklik 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