alakul

Hungarian

Etymology

alak (“form, shape”, noun) +‎ -ul (intransitive verb-forming suffix), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒkul]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ala‧kul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

alakul

  1. (intransitive) to take shape, become, turn out
    Mindig így alakul. ― It always turns out like that.
    Minden jól alakul. ― All goes well.
  2. (intransitive) Synonym of átalakul (“to change, turn into, transform, metamorphose into something”, used with -vá/-vé)

Conjugation
conjugation of alakul
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. alakulok alakulsz alakul alakulunk alakultok alakulnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. alakultam alakultál alakult alakultunk alakultatok alakultak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alakulnék alakulnál alakulna alakulnánk alakulnátok alakulnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alakuljak alakulj or
alakuljál		 alakuljon alakuljunk alakuljatok alakuljanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive alakulni alakulnom alakulnod alakulnia alakulnunk alakulnotok alakulniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
alakulás alakuló alakult ― alakulva alakulhat

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading
  • alakul 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
  • alakul in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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