pattan
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root imitating the sound of a thin object breaking + -an (instantaneous suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pattan
- (intransitive, of a whip) to crack
- (intransitive, of a person) to spring, jump (to move somewhere quickly)
- (intransitive, rare, literary, figuratively, of a thought or idea) to spring forth (to come into existence from somewhere, usually someone's mind: -ból/-ből)
- Synonym: kipattan
- Ez az ötlet az ő agyából pattant. ― This idea sprung forth from his/her mind.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of pattan
| 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. | pattanok | pattansz | pattan | pattanunk | pattantok | pattannak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | pattantam | pattantál | pattant | pattantunk | pattantatok | pattantak | ||
| 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. pattanni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | pattanék | pattanál | pattana | pattanánk | pattanátok | pattanának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pattan vala, pattant vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | pattanandok | pattanandasz | pattanand | pattanandunk | pattanandotok | pattanandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | pattannék | pattannál | pattanna | pattannánk | pattannátok | pattannának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pattant volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | pattanjak | pattanj or pattanjál |
pattanjon | pattanjunk | pattanjatok | pattanjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pattant légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | pattanni | pattannom | pattannod | pattannia | pattannunk | pattannotok | pattanniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| pattanás | pattanó | pattant | ― | pattanva (pattanván) | |||||
potential conjugation of pattan
| 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. | pattanhatok | pattanhatsz | pattanhat | pattanhatunk | pattanhattok | pattanhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | pattanhattam | pattanhattál | pattanhatott | pattanhattunk | pattanhattatok | pattanhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | pattanhaték | pattanhatál | pattanhata | pattanhatánk | pattanhatátok | pattanhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. pattanhat vala, pattanhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | pattanhatandok or pattanandhatok |
pattanhatandasz or pattanandhatsz |
pattanhatand or pattanandhat |
pattanhatandunk or pattanandhatunk |
pattanhatandotok or pattanandhattok |
pattanhatandanak or pattanandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | pattanhatnék | pattanhatnál | pattanhatna | pattanhatnánk | pattanhatnátok | pattanhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pattanhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | pattanhassak | pattanhass or pattanhassál |
pattanhasson | pattanhassunk | pattanhassatok | pattanhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pattanhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (pattanhatni) | (pattanhatnom) | (pattanhatnod) | (pattanhatnia) | (pattanhatnunk) | (pattanhatnotok) | (pattanhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (pattanhatva / pattanhatván) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ pattan 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
- pattan 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