Felszívni

Felszívni is a Hungarian verb meaning to absorb or take in something, typically by suction or capillary action. It can refer to liquids being soaked up by a material, but it is also used in more abstract sense to describe taking in information or impressions. As a prefix verb, felszívni combines the prefix fel- with the root szív (to suck), conveying the idea of upward or thorough uptake.

In a physical sense, felszívni describes liquids being drawn into or absorbed by a substance. For example, a sponge felszívja vizet (absorbs water). In the past tense one can say felszívta a vizet. The verb also applies to soils or surfaces that quickly take up moisture, such as a ground that felszívja a vizet.

In physiology and medicine, felszívódik refers to absorption into a living organism or bloodstream. For instance, a medicine felszívódik gyorsan a szervezetbe. The noun felszívódás denotes the process of absorption itself, as in “a felszívódás gyorsul.”

Felszívni is also used in the context of learning or taking in information. A hallgatók gyorsan felszívják az információt, meaning they absorb or grasp the information quickly.

Etymologically, the verb is built from the prefix fel- and the root szívni (to suck). It has related forms such as felszívódik and felszívódás, which express the passive or nominalized sense of absorption, respectively. The term is common in everyday language as well as in scientific and technical contexts.