alapszik

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• alapodik (archaic)
• alapul

Etymology

alap +‎ -szik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɒpsik]
• Hyphenation: alap‧szik
• Rhymes: -ɒpsik

Verb

alapszik

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of alapul (“to be founded/based upon something (-n/-on/-en/-ön)”)

   Ez tényeken alapszik. ― This is based on facts.

Conjugation

It has only the following (present-tense) forms: alapszom, alapszol, alapszik, alapszunk, alapszotok, alapszanak. The other forms are constructed from the primary form of this verb, alapul. The forms of the latter are much more common in all persons except in the 3rd person, where they are interchangeable.

Further reading

• alapszik , mostly redirecting to alapul 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
• alapszik 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)