látszik

• látszódik

lát +‎ -szik

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaːt͡sːik]

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• Hyphenation: lát‧szik
• Rhymes: -aːt͡sːik

látszik

1. (intransitive) to be visible, to be able to be seen

   A hegyről az egész város látszik. ― The whole city can be seen from the mountain.

2. (intransitive) to seem, to appear, to look like something (-nak/-nek)

   Synonym: tűnik

   Jónak látszik. ― It seems to be good.

The stative types of the sense verbs feel, smell, and taste are uncommon in Hungarian (i.e., those expressing some sensory information conveyed, in contrast to the voluntary actions of using these senses or the involuntary perception). Instead, adjectival (-ú/-ű/-jú/-jű) and possessive (…-a/-e/-ja/-je van) constructions are used, and these are also applicable for sound. (The first two rows are for action verbs and perception verbs that behave similarly to English.)

On the other hand, certain verbs can express particular sensory impressions, e.g. illatozik (“to smell sweet, to be fragrant”) and bűzlik (“to stink, to reek”).

Its subjunctive forms may be replaced by the equivalent form of the verb látszódik for the sake of clarity.

(With verbal prefixes):

• látszik 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