kattan
English edit
Noun edit
kattan (uncountable)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “kattan”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kattan
- (intransitive) to click (to make one short clicking sound)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of kattan
| 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. | kattanok | kattansz | kattan | kattanunk | kattantok | kattannak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | kattantam | kattantál | kattant | kattantunk | kattantatok | kattantak | ||
| 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. kattanni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kattanék | kattanál | kattana | kattanánk | kattanátok | kattanának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kattan vala, kattant vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | kattanandok | kattanandasz | kattanand | kattanandunk | kattanandotok | kattanandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kattannék | kattannál | kattanna | kattannánk | kattannátok | kattannának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kattant volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kattanjak | kattanj or kattanjál |
kattanjon | kattanjunk | kattanjatok | kattanjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kattant légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | kattanni | kattannom | kattannod | kattannia | kattannunk | kattannotok | kattanniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| kattanás | kattanó | kattant | ― | kattanva (kattanván) | |||||
potential conjugation of kattan
| 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. | kattanhatok | kattanhatsz | kattanhat | kattanhatunk | kattanhattok | kattanhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | kattanhattam | kattanhattál | kattanhatott | kattanhattunk | kattanhattatok | kattanhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kattanhaték | kattanhatál | kattanhata | kattanhatánk | kattanhatátok | kattanhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kattanhat vala, kattanhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | kattanhatandok or kattanandhatok |
kattanhatandasz or kattanandhatsz |
kattanhatand or kattanandhat |
kattanhatandunk or kattanandhatunk |
kattanhatandotok or kattanandhattok |
kattanhatandanak or kattanandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kattanhatnék | kattanhatnál | kattanhatna | kattanhatnánk | kattanhatnátok | kattanhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kattanhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kattanhassak | kattanhass or kattanhassál |
kattanhasson | kattanhassunk | kattanhassatok | kattanhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kattanhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (kattanhatni) | (kattanhatnom) | (kattanhatnod) | (kattanhatnia) | (kattanhatnunk) | (kattanhatnotok) | (kattanhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (kattanhatva / kattanhatván) | ||||
Derived terms edit
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Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ kattan 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.)
Further reading edit
- kattan 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
Swedish edit
Noun edit
kattan