alakul

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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 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).