terülttek

Terülttek is a Hungarian verb form used to indicate that multiple subjects lay themselves down or spread out in the past. It is the second-person plural past tense of the intransitive verb terülni, which means to lie down, recline, or spread out. The form appears primarily in literary, historical, or narrative contexts and is less common in everyday modern speech.

Formation and usage: Terülttek is formed by combining the verb stem terül- with the standard past tense ending for the second person plural in Hungarian. Because terülni is intransitive, terülttek describes a reflexive action by the subjects themselves (they laid themselves down) rather than an action performed on an object. In practice, terülttek is most often found in descriptive passages, battle aftermaths, camp scenes, or pastoral descriptions where a group’s bodies are described as having settled or stretched out.

Relation to other forms: Terülttek should be distinguished from terültetek, which may appear in some orthographic variants or dialectal uses, and from terült. It is also distinct from transitive forms such as terített, which come from teríteni (to spread or lay something on a surface). The nuance of terülttek centers on the intransitive, collective past action of lying down or sprawling.

Example and style: In older or more literary Hungarian, a sentence using terülttek can convey a scene with groups of people or animals settling down after exertion. Modern prose might opt for more contemporary constructions, but terülttek remains readable as a historical or stylistic option.

References: Grammar handbooks on Hungarian verb conjugation describe terülni and its conjugations, noting that forms like terülttek carry a literary or archaic flavor and are more frequent in historical texts and poetry.