Húzódnak

Húzódnak is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Hungarian verb húzódik. The verb húzódik is intransitive and often reflexive in function, with several related senses. It can indicate physical stretching or lengthening (as in a rope or material becoming longer) and it can also describe moving apart or withdrawing from others. In a figurative sense, it can mean that time or a process is dragging on or extending.

Etymology and usage: húzódik derives from the root húz- meaning “to pull,” with the reflexive or inchoative suffix -ódik, which marks a change of state or an action performed by the subject upon itself. The form húzódnak is used when the subject is plural (they stretch, they withdraw, they drift apart) and is commonly found in descriptive or narrative contexts. The verb can take several semantic shades depending on context: physical stretch (a rope or fabric being pulled), social or spatial separation (people moving away from each other), or temporal extension (time or a period dragging on).

Derivatives and related forms include húzódás (a stretch or elongation), húzódó (stretching, adj. form), and húzódólag (less common adverbial use). Usage tends toward neutral, descriptive language, suitable for encyclopedic or explanatory writing.

See also: verbs of movement and change of state in Hungarian, examples of reflexive -ódik verbs, expressions involving time as it drags on or as a process stretches.

Notes: The phrase húzódnak is specifically the plural form; singular subjects would use húzódik. Context determines whether the sense is physical stretching, withdrawal, or temporal extension.