vakkant

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -ant (instantaneous-causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒkːɒnt]
• Hyphenation: vak‧kant
• Rhymes: -ɒnt

Verb

vakkant

1. (intransitive, of a dog) to bark, woof (to give a short, crisp bark)
2. (intransitive, of a person) to bark (to utter a short sound)
3. (transitive, of a person) to bark (to utter something very briefly)

   Csak egy szót vakkantott. ― He barked one word only.

   A tiszt parancsokat vakkantott. ― The officer was barking orders.

Conjugation

conjugation of vakkant

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.	vakkantok	vakkantasz	vakkant	vakkantunk	vakkantotok	vakkantanak
		Def.	vakkantom	vakkantod	vakkantja	vakkantjuk	vakkantjátok	vakkantják
		2nd-p. o.	vakkantalak	―
	Past	Indef.	vakkantottam	vakkantottál	vakkantott	vakkantottunk	vakkantottatok	vakkantottak
		Def.	vakkantottam	vakkantottad	vakkantotta	vakkantottuk	vakkantottátok	vakkantották
		2nd-p. o.	vakkantottalak	―
	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. vakkantani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	vakkanték	vakkantál	vakkanta	vakkantánk	vakkantátok	vakkantának
		Def.	vakkantám	vakkantád	vakkantá	vakkantánk	vakkantátok	vakkanták
		2nd-p. o.	vakkantálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vakkant vala, vakkantott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vakkantandok	vakkantandasz	vakkantand	vakkantandunk	vakkantandotok	vakkantandanak
		Def.	vakkantandom	vakkantandod	vakkantandja	vakkantandjuk	vakkantandjátok	vakkantandják
		2nd-p. o.	vakkantandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vakkantanék	vakkantanál	vakkantana	vakkantanánk	vakkantanátok	vakkantanának
		Def.	vakkantanám	vakkantanád	vakkantaná	vakkantanánk (or vakkantanók)	vakkantanátok	vakkantanák
		2nd-p. o.	vakkantanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vakkantott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vakkantsak	vakkants or vakkantsál	vakkantson	vakkantsunk	vakkantsatok	vakkantsanak
		Def.	vakkantsam	vakkantsd or vakkantsad	vakkantsa	vakkantsuk	vakkantsátok	vakkantsák
		2nd-p. o.	vakkantsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vakkantott légyen
Infinitive	vakkantani		vakkantanom	vakkantanod	vakkantania	vakkantanunk	vakkantanotok	vakkantaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	vakkantás		vakkantó	vakkantott	vakkantandó	vakkantva (vakkantván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of vakkant

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.	vakkanthatok	vakkanthatsz	vakkanthat	vakkanthatunk	vakkanthattok	vakkanthatnak
		Def.	vakkanthatom	vakkanthatod	vakkanthatja	vakkanthatjuk	vakkanthatjátok	vakkanthatják
		2nd-p. o.	vakkanthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	vakkanthattam	vakkanthattál	vakkanthatott	vakkanthattunk	vakkanthattatok	vakkanthattak
		Def.	vakkanthattam	vakkanthattad	vakkanthatta	vakkanthattuk	vakkanthattátok	vakkanthatták
		2nd-p. o.	vakkanthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	vakkanthaték	vakkanthatál	vakkanthata	vakkanthatánk	vakkanthatátok	vakkanthatának
		Def.	vakkanthatám	vakkanthatád	vakkanthatá	vakkanthatánk	vakkanthatátok	vakkanthaták
		2nd-p. o.	vakkanthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. vakkanthat vala, vakkanthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vakkanthatandok or vakkantandhatok	vakkanthatandasz or vakkantandhatsz	vakkanthatand or vakkantandhat	vakkanthatandunk or vakkantandhatunk	vakkanthatandotok or vakkantandhattok	vakkanthatandanak or vakkantandhatnak
		Def.	vakkanthatandom or vakkantandhatom	vakkanthatandod or vakkantandhatod	vakkanthatandja or vakkantandhatja	vakkanthatandjuk or vakkantandhatjuk	vakkanthatandjátok or vakkantandhatjátok	vakkanthatandják or vakkantandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	vakkanthatandalak or vakkantandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vakkanthatnék	vakkanthatnál	vakkanthatna	vakkanthatnánk	vakkanthatnátok	vakkanthatnának
		Def.	vakkanthatnám	vakkanthatnád	vakkanthatná	vakkanthatnánk (or vakkanthatnók)	vakkanthatnátok	vakkanthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	vakkanthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vakkanthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vakkanthassak	vakkanthass or vakkanthassál	vakkanthasson	vakkanthassunk	vakkanthassatok	vakkanthassanak
		Def.	vakkanthassam	vakkanthasd or vakkanthassad	vakkanthassa	vakkanthassuk	vakkanthassátok	vakkanthassák
		2nd-p. o.	vakkanthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vakkanthatott légyen
Inf.	(vakkanthatni)		(vakkanthatnom)	(vakkanthatnod)	(vakkanthatnia)	(vakkanthatnunk)	(vakkanthatnotok)	(vakkanthatniuk)
Positive adjective			vakkantható	Neg. adj.	vakkanthatatlan	Adv. part.	(vakkanthatva / vakkanthatván)

Derived terms

• vakkantás

(With verbal prefixes):

• elvakkant
• felvakkant
• odavakkant
• rávakkant
• visszavakkant

Further reading

• vakkant 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