Elnyelik

Elnyelik is a Hungarian verb form related to elnyelni, meaning to swallow. The core senses cover both literal swallowing and figurative meanings such as absorption, engulfment, or takeover. In standard usage, elnyelni denotes the act of swallowing, while elnyelik (the form discussed here) can function as the third-person plural present indicative or, in certain contexts, as a passive voice construction. The root elnyel- combines with the infinitive elnyelni, and the prefix el- adds a sense of completion or totality.

The noun elnyelés refers to the act of swallowing or, more often in figurative use, the act of absorption or engulfment. The related adjective elnyelő denotes an absorber or something that swallows, and elnyelődés can indicate the process of being absorbed.

Usage and nuance: elnyelik appears in declarative sentences about simultaneous actions by multiple subjects (they swallow, they are swallowed, or they are being swallowed, depending on voice). Literal contexts include ingestion or swallowing by a creature or natural force. Figurative contexts are common in discussions of mergers and acquisitions, cultural or linguistic assimilation, or processes in which a larger entity absorbs smaller ones or environments. In literary or analytical writing, elnyelés is often used to describe overwhelming presence or erasure, while elnyelődés can describe the ongoing process of being absorbed.

See also: elnyelés, elnyelő, elnyelődés, elnyelni. These terms cover related processes of swallowing, absorption, and engulfment in both concrete and metaphorical senses.