nyilvánulhatnak

Nyilvánulhatnak is a Hungarian verb form that expresses possibility, roughly translating to “they may manifest” or “they may become evident.” It is the third person plural finite form of the verb nyilvánulni in the potential (modal) mood, built from the stem nyilvánul- with the modal suffix -hat and the personal ending -nak/-nek.

Etymology and relation: nyilvánulni means to manifest, reveal, or become visible. The related adjective nyilvánvaló means obvious, and nyilvánosság refers to public or public knowledge. The form nyilvánulhatnak appears when describing multiple subjects that could, under certain conditions, express or reveal something.

Grammatical usage: nyilvánulhatnak is used with a plural subject to indicate possibility. It appears in descriptive, analytical, or hypothetical statements, often in scientific, medical, or observational texts. The construction can be negated as nem nyilvánulhatnak to express that such manifestations may not occur.

Examples:

- A tünetek nyilvánulhatnak fejfájásként és szédülésként. (The symptoms may manifest as headache and dizziness.)

- A jelenségek nyilvánulhatnak különböző formákban a körülményektől függően. (The phenomena may appear in different forms depending on the conditions.)

Notes: The form is distinct from nyilvánulhat (singular) and nyilvánulnak (present indicative without modality). It is typically employed where uncertainty, potential outcomes, or conditional appearances are being discussed.