nyúlik

nyúl (“to reach, to touch”) +‎ -ik (“reflexive suffix”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲuːlik]
• Hyphenation: nyú‧lik

nyúlik

1. (intransitive) to stretch, lengthen, elongate

   A beszélgetés hosszadalmasra nyúlik. ― The conversation stretches on for a long time.

• This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik), the transitive forms if one of them is transitive (if either, it is the one without -ik) as well as an optional first-person singular indicative present indefinite form of the -ik verb. However, the meaning of these pairs is often unrelated. Examples include bán–bánik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik, ér–érik, nyúl–nyúlik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik and tör–törik (the latter two pairs with related meanings; tör[ik] along with their verbal prefixes). Therefore one may well need to check the context and the verb arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.

• nyúlvány

(With verbal prefixes):

• nyújt