berreg
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Am onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
berreg
- (intransitive, of a device, machine) to buzz, drone, whirr, ring (to produce a low-pitched hum or buzz)
- Berregtek a motorok. ― The engines droned.
- A telefon berregni kezdett. ― The phone began to ring.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of berreg
| 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. | berregek | berregsz | berreg | berregünk | berregtek | berregnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | berregtem | berregtél | berregett | berregtünk | berregtetek | berregtek | ||
| 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. berregni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | berregék | berregél | berrege | berregénk | berregétek | berregének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. berreg vala, berregett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | berregendek | berregendesz | berregend | berregendünk | berregendetek | berregendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | berregnék | berregnél | berregne | berregnénk | berregnétek | berregnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. berregett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | berregjek | berregj or berregjél |
berregjen | berregjünk | berregjetek | berregjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. berregett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | berregni | berregnem | berregned | berregnie | berregnünk | berregnetek | berregniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| berregés | berregő | berregett | ― | berregve (berregvén) | berregtet | ||||
potential conjugation of berreg
| 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. | berreghetek | berreghetsz | berreghet | berreghetünk | berreghettek | berreghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | berreghettem | berreghettél | berreghetett | berreghettünk | berreghettetek | berreghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | berregheték | berreghetél | berreghete | berregheténk | berreghetétek | berreghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. berreghet vala, berreghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | berreghetendek or berregandhatok |
berreghetendesz or berregandhatsz |
berreghetend or berregandhat |
berreghetendünk or berregandhatunk |
berreghetendetek or berregandhattok |
berreghetendenek or berregandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | berreghetnék | berreghetnél | berreghetne | berreghetnénk | berreghetnétek | berreghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. berreghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | berreghessek | berreghess or berreghessél |
berreghessen | berreghessünk | berreghessetek | berreghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. berreghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (berreghetni) | (berreghetnem) | (berreghetned) | (berreghetnie) | (berreghetnünk) | (berreghetnetek) | (berreghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (berreghetve / berreghetvén) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
References edit
- ^ berreg 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
- berreg 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
- berreg in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)