percen
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -en (instantaneous suffix).[1]
Verb edit
percen
- (intransitive, rare, of quill pen) to scrape, scratch (to make one small scraping sound)
- (intransitive, rare, of woodworm) to tick (to make one clicking sound)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of percen
| 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. | percenek | percensz | percen | percenünk | percentek | percennek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | percentem | percentél | percent | percentünk | percentetek | percentek | ||
| 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. percenni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | percenék | percenél | percene | percenénk | percenétek | percenének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. percen vala, percent vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | percenendek | percenendesz | percenend | percenendünk | percenendetek | percenendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | percennék | percennél | percenne | percennénk | percennétek | percennének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. percent volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | percenjek | percenj or percenjél |
percenjen | percenjünk | percenjetek | percenjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. percent légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | percenni | percennem | percenned | percennie | percennünk | percennetek | percenniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| percenés | percenő | percent | ― | percenve (percenvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of percen
| 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. | percenhetek | percenhetsz | percenhet | percenhetünk | percenhettek | percenhetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | percenhettem | percenhettél | percenhetett | percenhettünk | percenhettetek | percenhettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | percenheték | percenhetél | percenhete | percenheténk | percenhetétek | percenhetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. percenhet vala, percenhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | percenhetendek or percenandhatok |
percenhetendesz or percenandhatsz |
percenhetend or percenandhat |
percenhetendünk or percenandhatunk |
percenhetendetek or percenandhattok |
percenhetendenek or percenandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | percenhetnék | percenhetnél | percenhetne | percenhetnénk | percenhetnétek | percenhetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. percenhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | percenhessek | percenhess or percenhessél |
percenhessen | percenhessünk | percenhessetek | percenhessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. percenhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (percenhetni) | (percenhetnem) | (percenhetned) | (percenhetnie) | (percenhetnünk) | (percenhetnetek) | (percenhetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (percenhetve / percenhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms edit
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Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
percen
- superessive singular of perc
- Öt percen belül ott leszek. ― I will be there within five minutes.
References edit
- ^ percen 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
- percen 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
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
percen (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percende, percynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle perced)
- to pierce