kacag

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -ag (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒt͡sɒɡ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧cag
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Verb

kacag (literary)

1. (intransitive) to laugh (heartily) (followed by -n/-on/-en/-ön)

   Synonyms: nevet, nevetgél, hahotázik, kacarászik

   Jót kacagott a tréfán. ― He laughed heartily at the joke.

2. (transitive, exaggerated) to laugh a lot (in certain set phrases only, followed by -ra/-re)

   Betegre kacagtuk magunkat. ― We laughed ourselves silly.

3. (transitive, intransitive) to laugh at someone or something (followed by -n/-on/-en/-ön) (to evince contempt or pity for someone)

Conjugation

conjugation of kacag

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.	kacagok	kacagsz	kacag	kacagunk	kacagtok	kacagnak
		Def.	kacagom	kacagod	kacagja	kacagjuk	kacagjátok	kacagják
		2nd-p. o.	kacaglak	―
	Past	Indef.	kacagtam	kacagtál	kacagott	kacagtunk	kacagtatok	kacagtak
		Def.	kacagtam	kacagtad	kacagta	kacagtuk	kacagtátok	kacagták
		2nd-p. o.	kacagtalak	―
	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. kacagni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	kacagék	kacagál	kacaga	kacagánk	kacagátok	kacagának
		Def.	kacagám	kacagád	kacagá	kacagánk	kacagátok	kacagák
		2nd-p. o.	kacagálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kacag vala, kacagott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kacagandok	kacagandasz	kacagand	kacagandunk	kacagandotok	kacagandanak
		Def.	kacagandom	kacagandod	kacagandja	kacagandjuk	kacagandjátok	kacagandják
		2nd-p. o.	kacagandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacagnék	kacagnál	kacagna	kacagnánk	kacagnátok	kacagnának
		Def.	kacagnám	kacagnád	kacagná	kacagnánk (or kacagnók)	kacagnátok	kacagnák
		2nd-p. o.	kacagnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kacagott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacagjak	kacagj or kacagjál	kacagjon	kacagjunk	kacagjatok	kacagjanak
		Def.	kacagjam	kacagd or kacagjad	kacagja	kacagjuk	kacagjátok	kacagják
		2nd-p. o.	kacagjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kacagott légyen
Infinitive	kacagni		kacagnom	kacagnod	kacagnia	kacagnunk	kacagnotok	kacagniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	kacagás		kacagó	kacagott	kacagandó	kacagva (kacagván)		kacagtat
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).

potential conjugation of kacag

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.	kacaghatok	kacaghatsz	kacaghat	kacaghatunk	kacaghattok	kacaghatnak
		Def.	kacaghatom	kacaghatod	kacaghatja	kacaghatjuk	kacaghatjátok	kacaghatják
		2nd-p. o.	kacaghatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	kacaghattam	kacaghattál	kacaghatott	kacaghattunk	kacaghattatok	kacaghattak
		Def.	kacaghattam	kacaghattad	kacaghatta	kacaghattuk	kacaghattátok	kacaghatták
		2nd-p. o.	kacaghattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	kacaghaték	kacaghatál	kacaghata	kacaghatánk	kacaghatátok	kacaghatának
		Def.	kacaghatám	kacaghatád	kacaghatá	kacaghatánk	kacaghatátok	kacaghaták
		2nd-p. o.	kacaghatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kacaghat vala, kacaghatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kacaghatandok or kacagandhatok	kacaghatandasz or kacagandhatsz	kacaghatand or kacagandhat	kacaghatandunk or kacagandhatunk	kacaghatandotok or kacagandhattok	kacaghatandanak or kacagandhatnak
		Def.	kacaghatandom or kacagandhatom	kacaghatandod or kacagandhatod	kacaghatandja or kacagandhatja	kacaghatandjuk or kacagandhatjuk	kacaghatandjátok or kacagandhatjátok	kacaghatandják or kacagandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	kacaghatandalak or kacagandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacaghatnék	kacaghatnál	kacaghatna	kacaghatnánk	kacaghatnátok	kacaghatnának
		Def.	kacaghatnám	kacaghatnád	kacaghatná	kacaghatnánk (or kacaghatnók)	kacaghatnátok	kacaghatnák
		2nd-p. o.	kacaghatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kacaghatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacaghassak	kacaghass or kacaghassál	kacaghasson	kacaghassunk	kacaghassatok	kacaghassanak
		Def.	kacaghassam	kacaghasd or kacaghassad	kacaghassa	kacaghassuk	kacaghassátok	kacaghassák
		2nd-p. o.	kacaghassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kacaghatott légyen
Inf.	(kacaghatni)		(kacaghatnom)	(kacaghatnod)	(kacaghatnia)	(kacaghatnunk)	(kacaghatnotok)	(kacaghatniuk)
Positive adjective			kacagható	Neg. adj.	kacaghatatlan	Adv. part.	(kacaghatva / kacaghatván)

Derived terms

• kacagás
• kacagtat

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• elkacag
• felkacag
• kikacag
• végigkacag
• visszakacag

Related terms

• kacaj
• kacarász
• kacarászik

 

Further reading

• kacag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN