hibban

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Probably onomatopoeic imitating the sound of slipping or skidding + -an (instantaneous suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈhibːɒn]
Hyphenation: hib‧ban
Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb edit

hibban

(intransitive, of a person) Only used in meghibban (“to go crazy, become unhinged”, to become mentally disturbed)
Synonyms: megzavarodik, megháborodik
(intransitive, dialectal, archaic without a verbal prefix) to become imbalanced (to lose its balance)
Synonym: meghibban

Usage notes edit

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

hibban (…) meg, meg … hibban ― meghibban

Conjugation edit

conjugation of hibban

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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 mood	Present	Indef.	hibbanok	hibbansz	hibban	hibbanunk	hibbantok	hibbannak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	hibbantam	hibbantál	hibbant	hibbantunk	hibbantatok	hibbantak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	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. hibbanni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	hibbanék	hibbanál	hibbana	hibbanánk	hibbanátok	hibbanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hibban vala, hibbant vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	hibbanandok	hibbanandasz	hibbanand	hibbanandunk	hibbanandotok	hibbanandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	hibbannék	hibbannál	hibbanna	hibbannánk	hibbannátok	hibbannának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hibbant volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	hibbanjak	hibbanj or hibbanjál	hibbanjon	hibbanjunk	hibbanjatok	hibbanjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hibbant légyen
Infinitive	hibbanni		hibbannom	hibbannod	hibbannia	hibbannunk	hibbannotok	hibbanniuk
Other forms	hibbanás		hibbanó	hibbant	―	hibbanva (hibbanván)

potential conjugation of hibban

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 mood	Present	Indef.	hibbanhatok	hibbanhatsz	hibbanhat	hibbanhatunk	hibbanhattok	hibbanhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	hibbanhattam	hibbanhattál	hibbanhatott	hibbanhattunk	hibbanhattatok	hibbanhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	hibbanhaték	hibbanhatál	hibbanhata	hibbanhatánk	hibbanhatátok	hibbanhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. hibbanhat vala, hibbanhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	hibbanhatandok or hibbanandhatok	hibbanhatandasz or hibbanandhatsz	hibbanhatand or hibbanandhat	hibbanhatandunk or hibbanandhatunk	hibbanhatandotok or hibbanandhattok	hibbanhatandanak or hibbanandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	hibbanhatnék	hibbanhatnál	hibbanhatna	hibbanhatnánk	hibbanhatnátok	hibbanhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hibbanhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	hibbanhassak	hibbanhass or hibbanhassál	hibbanhasson	hibbanhassunk	hibbanhassatok	hibbanhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hibbanhatott légyen
Inf.	(hibbanhatni)		(hibbanhatnom)	(hibbanhatnod)	(hibbanhatnia)	(hibbanhatnunk)	(hibbanhatnotok)	(hibbanhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(hibbanhatva / hibbanhatván)

Derived terms edit

hibbant

(With verbal prefixes):

meghibban

References edit

^ hibban in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)