rejthetnek

Rejthetnek is a Hungarian verb form used to express possibility. It is not a stand-alone lexical item but a conjugated form of the verb rejt, which means to hide or conceal. The form represents the third-person plural in the present potential mood, built from the stem rejt with the potential suffix -het and the plural ending -nek, yielding rejthetnek. In meaning, it corresponds to “they may hide” or “they could hide,” depending on the context.

Formation and morphology

The potential mood in Hungarian is formed by attaching -het or -het to the verb stem, followed by the appropriate personal ending. For a plural subject, the ending commonly appears as -nek/-ek, so the combined form with the stem rejt becomes rejthetnek. The morphology reflects modality (possibility) rather than tense or aspect, and it is used in contexts that speculate about actions performed by multiple agents.

Usage

Rejthetnek is typically employed in hypothetical, speculative, or reported contexts. It can appear in subordinate clauses or in discourse where the speaker discusses what a group might do under certain conditions. As with other modal forms in Hungarian, it relies on context rather than an auxiliary verb to convey nuance.

Related forms

Rejthetnek is part of a broader set of mood and aspect markings built on the verb rejt. Other persons and moods are formed with the same -het/-hetnek pattern, adjusted for person, number, and tense as required by standard Hungarian conjugation rules.