Kihirdetik

Kihirdetik is a Hungarian verb form derived from kihirdetni, meaning to proclaim, publish, or promulgate. It is used in official or formal contexts to indicate that something is being declared or made public by an authority, most commonly laws, decrees, or official decisions. In legal language, acts are often described as kihirdetve or kihirdetve a törvény, with kihirdetik functioning as the present passive form that signals ongoing or forthcoming promulgation.

In usage, kihirdetik typically appears without an explicit agent, emphasizing the act of promulgation itself rather than who performs it. It can be translated as “it is proclaimed,” “it is published,” or “it shall be proclaimed,” depending on the temporal context. Examples include: A törvényt kihirdetik a Magyar Közlönyben. (The law is proclaimed/published in the Official Journal.) A rendeletet hamarosan kihirdetik. (The decree will soon be proclaimed.)

Grammatically, kihirdetik is the present passive form (or a present-tense public-form) of kihirdetni. Hungarian employs passives and impersonal forms with suffixes like -ik to express a lack of a specified agent, so kihirdetik can refer to a proclamation conducted by the proper authority, even when that agent is not stated in the sentence. The related noun kihirdetés denotes the act of promulgation or proclamation itself.

Etymology: kihirdet- stems from ki- (out, forth) plus hirdet (to announce) with the habitual Hungarian passive/third-person ending -ik. Related terms include kihirdetés (the act of promulgation) and kihirdetésének (its promulgation).

See also: kihirdet, kihirdetés, Magyar közlöny, közzététel.

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