Melegszik

Melegszik is a Hungarian intransitive verb that means to become warm or to heat up. It describes a change of state in which warmth increases, without specifying a direct agent performing the heating. The subject of melegszik can be natural phenomena such as air or water, as well as surfaces or living beings experiencing a rise in temperature. For deliberate heating of an object by someone or something, Hungarian typically uses transitive verbs like melegít (to heat) or felmelegít (to warm up).

Etymology and related forms: the verb is built from the adjective meleg (warm) with the intransitive suffix -szik, forming a class of verbs that express a change of state. A closely related noun is melegedés, meaning warming up or the process of becoming warm. In meteorology and everyday language, the related verb felmelegszik is commonly used to denote warming up of the environment, particularly the air or climate.

Usage and examples: melegszik is used when the warming occurs without an explicit external heater. For example, "A víz melegszik a napon" indicates that the water warms up due to sunlight. The form is intransitive and imperfective, and it can be negated with nem: "A víz nem melegszik most." It typically appears with a subject and can describe gradual or ongoing warming.

See also: melegedés, felmelegszik, meleg, melegít.