kirak

Hungarian

Etymology

ki- (“out”) +‎ rak (“to place, put”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkirɒk]
• Hyphenation: ki‧rak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb

kirak

1. (transitive, from: -ból/-ből) to take out something out of something (to remove items from somewhere one by one and put them to an external place where they are visible)

   Synonyms: kitesz, kivesz, kipakol, kirámol

   Kiraktam az összes ruhát a szekrényből. ― I took out all the clothes from the closet.

2. (transitive) to unload, clear out (to completely empty; to remove the load or cargo from a vehicle)

   Synonym: kiürít

3. (transitive, colloquial) to punctuate (to add punctuation to a text; to put on diacritics)

   Synonyms: kiír, kitesz

4. (transitive) to cover, pave, tile, decorate (to cover a surface with stones, tiles, bricks, etc.)

   Synonyms: burkol, beborít, díszít, dekorál

5. (transitive, colloquial, from: -ból/-ből) to sack, lay off (to be dismissed from employment)

   Synonyms: eltávolít, elküld, elbocsát, meneszt, kidob, kicsap, kivág, kirúg, kihajít, kipenderít

   Kirakták az állásából. ― S/he got the sack. (literally, “They put him/her out of his/her job.”)

6. (transitive) to solve a puzzle (e.g. a jigsaw puzzle or Rubik's cube) by arranging its pieces in the correct configuration

Conjugation

Conjugation of kirak

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kirakok	kiraksz	kirak	kirakunk	kiraktok	kiraknak
			def.	kirakom	kirakod	kirakja	kirakjuk	kirakjátok	kirakják
			2nd obj	kiraklak
		past	indef.	kiraktam	kiraktál	kirakott	kiraktunk	kiraktatok	kiraktak
			def.	kiraktam	kiraktad	kirakta	kiraktuk	kiraktátok	kirakták
			2nd obj	kiraktalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. ki fog rakni.
archaic preterite		indef.	kirakék	kirakál	kiraka	kirakánk	kirakátok	kirakának
		def.	kirakám	kirakád	kiraká	kirakánk	kirakátok	kirakák
		2nd obj	kirakálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kirak vala, kirakott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	kirakandok	kirakandasz	kirakand	kirakandunk	kirakandotok	kirakandanak
	def.	kirakandom	kirakandod	kirakandja	kirakandjuk	kirakandjátok	kirakandják
	2nd obj	kirakandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	kiraknék	kiraknál	kirakna	kiraknánk	kiraknátok	kiraknának
		def.	kiraknám	kiraknád	kirakná	kiraknánk (or kiraknók)	kiraknátok	kiraknák
		2nd obj	kiraknálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kirakott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kirakjak	kirakj or kirakjál	kirakjon	kirakjunk	kirakjatok	kirakjanak
			def.	kirakjam	kirakd or kirakjad	kirakja	kirakjuk	kirakjátok	kirakják
			2nd obj	kirakjalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kirakott légyen
infinitive	kirakni		kiraknom	kiraknod	kiraknia	kiraknunk	kiraknotok	kirakniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	kirakás		kirakó	kirakott	kirakandó	kirakva (kirakván)		kirakat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem rak ki or ki is rak.

Potential conjugation of kirak

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kirakhatok	kirakhatsz	kirakhat	kirakhatunk	kirakhattok	kirakhatnak
			def.	kirakhatom	kirakhatod	kirakhatja	kirakhatjuk	kirakhatjátok	kirakhatják
			2nd obj	kirakhatlak
		past	indef.	kirakhattam	kirakhattál	kirakhatott	kirakhattunk	kirakhattatok	kirakhattak
			def.	kirakhattam	kirakhattad	kirakhatta	kirakhattuk	kirakhattátok	kirakhatták
			2nd obj	kirakhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	kirakhaték	kirakhatál	kirakhata	kirakhatánk	kirakhatátok	kirakhatának
		def.	kirakhatám	kirakhatád	kirakhatá	kirakhatánk	kirakhatátok	kirakhaták
		2nd obj	kirakhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kirakhat vala, kirakhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	kirakhatandok or kirakandhatok	kirakhatandasz or kirakandhatsz	kirakhatand or kirakandhat	kirakhatandunk or kirakandhatunk	kirakhatandotok or kirakandhattok	kirakhatandanak or kirakandhatnak
	def.	kirakhatandom or kirakandhatom	kirakhatandod or kirakandhatod	kirakhatandja or kirakandhatja	kirakhatandjuk or kirakandhatjuk	kirakhatandjátok or kirakandhatjátok	kirakhatandják or kirakandhatják
	2nd obj	kirakhatandalak or kirakandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	kirakhatnék	kirakhatnál	kirakhatna	kirakhatnánk	kirakhatnátok	kirakhatnának
		def.	kirakhatnám	kirakhatnád	kirakhatná	kirakhatnánk (or kirakhatnók)	kirakhatnátok	kirakhatnák
		2nd obj	kirakhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kirakhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kirakhassak	kirakhass or kirakhassál	kirakhasson	kirakhassunk	kirakhassatok	kirakhassanak
			def.	kirakhassam	kirakhasd or kirakhassad	kirakhassa	kirakhassuk	kirakhassátok	kirakhassák
			2nd obj	kirakhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kirakhatott légyen
infinitive	(kirakhatni)		(kirakhatnom)	(kirakhatnod)	(kirakhatnia)	(kirakhatnunk)	(kirakhatnotok)	(kirakhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	kirakható			kirakhatatlan		(kirakhatva / kirakhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem rakhat ki or ki is rakhat.

Derived terms

• kirakat

Compound words

• kirakójáték

Expressions

• kirakja a szűrét

Further reading

• kirak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.