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
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. 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. ―
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. alakulni fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. alakulék alakulál alakula alakulánk alakulátok alakulának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. alakul vala, alakult vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. alakulandok alakulandasz alakuland alakulandunk alakulandotok alakulandanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alakulnék alakulnál alakulna alakulnánk alakulnátok alakulnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. alakult volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alakuljak alakulj or
alakuljál		 alakuljon alakuljunk alakuljatok alakuljanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. alakult légyen
Infinitive alakulni alakulnom alakulnod alakulnia alakulnunk alakulnotok alakulniuk
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
alakulás alakuló alakult ― alakulva (alakulván)
potential conjugation of alakul
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. alakulhatok alakulhatsz alakulhat alakulhatunk alakulhattok alakulhatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. alakulhattam alakulhattál alakulhatott alakulhattunk alakulhattatok alakulhattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. alakulhaték alakulhatál alakulhata alakulhatánk alakulhatátok alakulhatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. alakulhat vala, alakulhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. alakulhatandok
or alakulandhatok 		alakulhatandasz
or alakulandhatsz		 alakulhatand
or alakulandhat		 alakulhatandunk
or alakulandhatunk		 alakulhatandotok
or alakulandhattok		 alakulhatandanak
or alakulandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alakulhatnék alakulhatnál alakulhatna alakulhatnánk alakulhatnátok alakulhatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. alakulhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. alakulhassak alakulhass or
alakulhassál		 alakulhasson alakulhassunk alakulhassatok alakulhassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. alakulhatott légyen
Inf. (alakulhatni) (alakulhatnom) (alakulhatnod) (alakulhatnia) (alakulhatnunk) (alakulhatnotok) (alakulhatniuk)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (alakulhatva / alakulhatván)

Derived terms

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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 2024)
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