elpattan
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editelpattan
- (intransitive) to pop, break, snap (of a string etc.), crack (of glass), burst (of a bubble or vessel)
- Elpattant a hegedű húrja. ― The violin string snapped.
- Az olajlámpa üvege hirtelen elpattant. ― The chimney of the oil lamp suddenly cracked.
- Elpattant egy kis ér a bal szememben. ― A small blood vessel burst in my left eye.
- (intransitive) to spring away, rebound, bounce off
- A labda elpattant a focista lábáról. ― The ball bounced off the footballer's foot.
Conjugation
editconjugation of elpattan
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elpattanok | elpattansz | elpattan | elpattanunk | elpattantok | elpattannak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | elpattantam | elpattantál | elpattant | elpattantunk | elpattantatok | elpattantak | ||
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. el fog pattanni. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elpattanék | elpattanál | elpattana | elpattanánk | elpattanátok | elpattanának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elpattan vala, elpattant vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | elpattanandok | elpattanandasz | elpattanand | elpattanandunk | elpattanandotok | elpattanandanak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elpattannék | elpattannál | elpattanna | elpattannánk | elpattannátok | elpattannának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elpattant volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elpattanjak | elpattanj or elpattanjál |
elpattanjon | elpattanjunk | elpattanjatok | elpattanjanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elpattant légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | elpattanni | elpattannom | elpattannod | elpattannia | elpattannunk | elpattannotok | elpattanniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
elpattanás | elpattanó | elpattant | ― | elpattanva (elpattanván) | |||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem pattan el or el is pattan. |
potential conjugation of elpattan
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elpattanhatok | elpattanhatsz | elpattanhat | elpattanhatunk | elpattanhattok | elpattanhatnak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | elpattanhattam | elpattanhattál | elpattanhatott | elpattanhattunk | elpattanhattatok | elpattanhattak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elpattanhaték | elpattanhatál | elpattanhata | elpattanhatánk | elpattanhatátok | elpattanhatának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elpattanhat vala, elpattanhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | elpattanhatandok or elpattanandhatok |
elpattanhatandasz or elpattanandhatsz |
elpattanhatand or elpattanandhat |
elpattanhatandunk or elpattanandhatunk |
elpattanhatandotok or elpattanandhattok |
elpattanhatandanak or elpattanandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elpattanhatnék | elpattanhatnál | elpattanhatna | elpattanhatnánk | elpattanhatnátok | elpattanhatnának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elpattanhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elpattanhassak | elpattanhass or elpattanhassál |
elpattanhasson | elpattanhassunk | elpattanhassatok | elpattanhassanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elpattanhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (elpattanhatni) | (elpattanhatnom) | (elpattanhatnod) | (elpattanhatnia) | (elpattanhatnunk) | (elpattanhatnotok) | (elpattanhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (elpattanhatva / elpattanhatván) | ||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem pattanhat el or el is pattanhat. |
Derived terms
editExpressions
Further reading
edit- elpattan 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
- elpattan in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).