mereng
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
mer (“to ladle”) + -eng (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mereng
- (intransitive, literary) ponder, ruminate, muse, daydream (to be lost in thought/reverie for a length of time)
- Synonyms: ábrándozik, álmodozik, mélázik, révedezik
Conjugation edit
conjugation of mereng
| 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. | merengek | merengesz | mereng | merengünk | merengetek or merengtek |
merengenek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | merengtem | merengtél | merengett | merengtünk | merengtetek | merengtek | ||
| 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. merengeni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | merengék | merengél | merenge | merengénk | merengétek | merengének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mereng vala, merengett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | merengendek | merengendesz | merengend | merengendünk | merengendetek | merengendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | merengenék | merengenél | merengene | merengenénk | merengenétek | merengenének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merengett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | merengjek | merengj or merengjél |
merengjen | merengjünk | merengjetek | merengjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merengett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | merengeni | merengenem | merengened | merengenie | merengenünk | merengenetek | merengeniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| merengés | merengő | merengett | ― | merengve (merengvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of mereng
| 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. | merenghetek | merenghetsz | merenghet | merenghetünk | merenghettek | merenghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | merenghettem | merenghettél | merenghetett | merenghettünk | merenghettetek | merenghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | merengheték | merenghetél | merenghete | merengheténk | merenghetétek | merenghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. merenghet vala, merenghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | merenghetendek or merengandhatok |
merenghetendesz or merengandhatsz |
merenghetend or merengandhat |
merenghetendünk or merengandhatunk |
merenghetendetek or merengandhattok |
merenghetendenek or merengandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | merenghetnék | merenghetnél | merenghetne | merenghetnénk | merenghetnétek | merenghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merenghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | merenghessek | merenghess or merenghessél |
merenghessen | merenghessünk | merenghessetek | merenghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merenghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (merenghetni) | (merenghetnem) | (merenghetned) | (merenghetnie) | (merenghetnünk) | (merenghetnetek) | (merenghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (merenghetve / merenghetvén) | ||||
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conjugation of mereng
| 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. | merengek | merengsz | mereng | merengünk | merengtek | merengnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | merengtem | merengtél | merengett | merengtünk | merengtetek | merengtek | ||
| 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. merengni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | merengék | merengél | merenge | merengénk | merengétek | merengének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mereng vala, merengett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | merengendek | merengendesz | merengend | merengendünk | merengendetek | merengendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | merengnék | merengnél | merengne | merengnénk | merengnétek | merengnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merengett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | merengjek | merengj or merengjél |
merengjen | merengjünk | merengjetek | merengjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merengett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | merengni | merengnem | merengned | merengnie | merengnünk | merengnetek | merengniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| merengés | merengő | merengett | ― | merengve (merengvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of mereng
| 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. | merenghetek | merenghetsz | merenghet | merenghetünk | merenghettek | merenghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | merenghettem | merenghettél | merenghetett | merenghettünk | merenghettetek | merenghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | merengheték | merenghetél | merenghete | merengheténk | merenghetétek | merenghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. merenghet vala, merenghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | merenghetendek or merengandhatok |
merenghetendesz or merengandhatsz |
merenghetend or merengandhat |
merenghetendünk or merengandhatunk |
merenghetendetek or merengandhattok |
merenghetendenek or merengandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | merenghetnék | merenghetnél | merenghetne | merenghetnénk | merenghetnétek | merenghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merenghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | merenghessek | merenghess or merenghessél |
merenghessen | merenghessünk | merenghessetek | merenghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merenghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (merenghetni) | (merenghetnem) | (merenghetned) | (merenghetnie) | (merenghetnünk) | (merenghetnetek) | (merenghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (merenghetve / merenghetvén) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
References edit
- ^ mereng 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.)
- ^ mereng in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- mereng 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
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French meringue.
Noun edit
mereng m (plural merenguri)
Declension edit
Declension of mereng
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) mereng | merengul | (niște) merenguri | merengurii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) mereng | merengului | (unor) merenguri | merengurilor |
| vocative | merengule | merengurilor | ||