kacsint

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒt͡ʃint]
• Hyphenation: ka‧csint
• Rhymes: -int

Etymology 1

Possibly from an obsolete verb sense from a combined noun and verb term in the sense “to curve; curvature” [its noun counterpart being kacs (“tendril”)] + an instantaneous verb suffix -int. Its original meaning may have been “to look askew”.

Verb

kacsint

1. (intransitive) to wink (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy)
2. (intransitive, informal, rare) to cast a furtive glance (from aside), to look secretly somewhere

Conjugation

conjugation of kacsint

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.	kacsintok	kacsintasz	kacsint	kacsintunk	kacsintotok	kacsintanak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	kacsintottam	kacsintottál	kacsintott	kacsintottunk	kacsintottatok	kacsintottak
		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. kacsintani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	kacsinték	kacsintál	kacsinta	kacsintánk	kacsintátok	kacsintának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kacsint vala, kacsintott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kacsintandok	kacsintandasz	kacsintand	kacsintandunk	kacsintandotok	kacsintandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacsintanék	kacsintanál	kacsintana	kacsintanánk	kacsintanátok	kacsintanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kacsintott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacsintsak	kacsints or kacsintsál	kacsintson	kacsintsunk	kacsintsatok	kacsintsanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kacsintott légyen
Infinitive	kacsintani		kacsintanom	kacsintanod	kacsintania	kacsintanunk	kacsintanotok	kacsintaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	kacsintás		kacsintó	kacsintott	―	kacsintva (kacsintván)

potential conjugation of kacsint

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.	kacsinthatok	kacsinthatsz	kacsinthat	kacsinthatunk	kacsinthattok	kacsinthatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	kacsinthattam	kacsinthattál	kacsinthatott	kacsinthattunk	kacsinthattatok	kacsinthattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	kacsinthaték	kacsinthatál	kacsinthata	kacsinthatánk	kacsinthatátok	kacsinthatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kacsinthat vala, kacsinthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kacsinthatandok or kacsintandhatok	kacsinthatandasz or kacsintandhatsz	kacsinthatand or kacsintandhat	kacsinthatandunk or kacsintandhatunk	kacsinthatandotok or kacsintandhattok	kacsinthatandanak or kacsintandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacsinthatnék	kacsinthatnál	kacsinthatna	kacsinthatnánk	kacsinthatnátok	kacsinthatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kacsinthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kacsinthassak	kacsinthass or kacsinthassál	kacsinthasson	kacsinthassunk	kacsinthassatok	kacsinthassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kacsinthatott légyen
Inf.	(kacsinthatni)		(kacsinthatnom)	(kacsinthatnod)	(kacsinthatnia)	(kacsinthatnunk)	(kacsinthatnotok)	(kacsinthatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(kacsinthatva / kacsinthatván)

Derived terms

• kacsingat
• kacsintás
• kacsintgat

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átkacsint
• hátrakacsint
• idekacsint
• kikacsint
• odakacsint
• összekacsint
• rákacsint
• visszakacsint

Related terms

• kacs
• kacsó
• kancsal
• kuncsorog

 

Etymology 2

kacsin (“Kachin”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Adjective

kacsint

1. accusative singular of kacsin

Noun

kacsint

1. accusative singular of kacsin

Further reading

• kacsint 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