folyamodik

Folyamodik is a Hungarian verb meaning to resort to or to appeal to someone or something for aid, relief, or action. It is used primarily in formal, legal, administrative, or literary contexts, and conveys a sense of taking recourse or seeking intervention rather than performing a direct action. The act often involves directing the appeal to a person, authority, or institution.

The construction typically uses the destination in the dative with the suffixes -hoz, -hez, or -höz, depending on phonology: for example, a person or body to whom the appeal is addressed as "valakihez folyamodik" or an institution such as "bírósághoz folyamodik." The phrase can also express recourse to a measure or means, as in "erőszakhoz folyamodott" (he resorted to violence). The noun form "folyamodás" denotes the act of appealing or resorting.

Conjugation in the present tense is folyamodik, folyamodsz, folyamodik, folyamodunk, folyamodtok, folyamodnak. The past tense is formed as folyamodott (e.g., "A tanú folyamodott a bírósághoz"). The verb is often paired with an object in the dative rather than a direct object, reflecting its meaning of seeking action from another party.

See also: folyamodás (the act of appealing), kérvényezés (petitioning). In usage, folyamodik conveys formal or procedural nuance and is less common in casual speech.