múlik

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See also: mulik

Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mule-. Cognates include Moksha and Erzya молемс (moľems, to go), Northern Sami mollat.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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múlik

  1. (intransitive, of time) to pass, to go by, to elapse
    Synonyms: halad, telik, repül, pereg
    • 1906, Gyula Krúdy, chapter 6, in A podolini kísértet[1]:
      A podolini Riminiszky-házban egyhangúan múltak a napok. A házigazda meggyógyult, és a medvebőrt többé senki sem terítette a sarokba, hogy Ancsurka macskájával oda letelepedjen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive, copulative, of age) to be past
    Pista harmincéves múlt.Steve is past thirty.
  3. (intransitive) to become less and less prominent
    Synonym: elül
  4. (intransitive, of pain) to subside, to stop gradually
    Synonyms: csökken, csillapodik, enyhül, szűnik
  5. (intransitive) to depend on, to be up to someone, to be a question/matter of something (-n/-on/-en/-ön)
    Synonyms: függ, áll
    Nem rajtam múlik.It's not up to me. (It does not depend on me.)

Usage notes

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Conjugation

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The alternative form múlott instead of múlt is only used in the sense "to depend", or less often "to go by". The short form múlt can be used in all senses. Examples: Nem rajtam múlott/múlt.It didn't depend on me. Az idő egyre csak múlt, és még mindig nem jött válasz.Time was going by fast, and there was still no answer. Próbáltam elaludni, de nem múlt a fájdalom.I tried to go to sleep, but the pain wouldn't subside.

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Further reading

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  • múlik 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