elmosódnak

Elmosódnak is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Hungarian verb elmosódni, meaning "to become blurred" or "to become smeared." The form is used when the subject is plural, as in A képek elmosódnak (The pictures become blurred) or A kontúrok elmosódnak a hosszú expozíció miatt (The contours blur due to the long exposure). The verb is intransitive and denotes a change of state rather than an action performed on a direct object.

In its uses, elmosódnak appears both in technical contexts and in everyday language. In photography, cinematography, and visual arts it describes images, borders, or outlines that have lost sharpness due to motion, defocusing, low light, vagy deliberate soft focus. It can also be used figuratively to indicate ambiguity or unclear distinctions between elements, such as A határ elmosódik vagy A szereplők kiléte elmosódik a fogalmak között.

Etymology: el- is a prefix signaling a change or removal, combined with mosódik, the intransitive form meaning to become blurred or smeared. The related noun elmosódás denotes the process or result of blurring.

See also: elmosódás, elmosódik.