villant

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvilːɒnt]
• Hyphenation: vil‧lant
• Rhymes: -ɒnt

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric stem as villog + -ant (“instantaneous verb-forming suffix”).

Verb

villant

1. (transitive) to flash (lights)

Conjugation

conjugation of villant

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.	villantok	villantasz	villant	villantunk	villantotok	villantanak
		Def.	villantom	villantod	villantja	villantjuk	villantjátok	villantják
		2nd-p. o.	villantalak	―
	Past	Indef.	villantottam	villantottál	villantott	villantottunk	villantottatok	villantottak
		Def.	villantottam	villantottad	villantotta	villantottuk	villantottátok	villantották
		2nd-p. o.	villantottalak	―
	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. villantani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	villanték	villantál	villanta	villantánk	villantátok	villantának
		Def.	villantám	villantád	villantá	villantánk	villantátok	villanták
		2nd-p. o.	villantálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. villant vala, villantott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	villantandok	villantandasz	villantand	villantandunk	villantandotok	villantandanak
		Def.	villantandom	villantandod	villantandja	villantandjuk	villantandjátok	villantandják
		2nd-p. o.	villantandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	villantanék	villantanál	villantana	villantanánk	villantanátok	villantanának
		Def.	villantanám	villantanád	villantaná	villantanánk (or villantanók)	villantanátok	villantanák
		2nd-p. o.	villantanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. villantott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	villantsak	villants or villantsál	villantson	villantsunk	villantsatok	villantsanak
		Def.	villantsam	villantsd or villantsad	villantsa	villantsuk	villantsátok	villantsák
		2nd-p. o.	villantsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. villantott légyen
Infinitive	villantani		villantanom	villantanod	villantania	villantanunk	villantanotok	villantaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	villantás		villantó	villantott	villantandó	villantva (villantván)
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 villant

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.	villanthatok	villanthatsz	villanthat	villanthatunk	villanthattok	villanthatnak
		Def.	villanthatom	villanthatod	villanthatja	villanthatjuk	villanthatjátok	villanthatják
		2nd-p. o.	villanthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	villanthattam	villanthattál	villanthatott	villanthattunk	villanthattatok	villanthattak
		Def.	villanthattam	villanthattad	villanthatta	villanthattuk	villanthattátok	villanthatták
		2nd-p. o.	villanthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	villanthaték	villanthatál	villanthata	villanthatánk	villanthatátok	villanthatának
		Def.	villanthatám	villanthatád	villanthatá	villanthatánk	villanthatátok	villanthaták
		2nd-p. o.	villanthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. villanthat vala, villanthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	villanthatandok or villantandhatok	villanthatandasz or villantandhatsz	villanthatand or villantandhat	villanthatandunk or villantandhatunk	villanthatandotok or villantandhattok	villanthatandanak or villantandhatnak
		Def.	villanthatandom or villantandhatom	villanthatandod or villantandhatod	villanthatandja or villantandhatja	villanthatandjuk or villantandhatjuk	villanthatandjátok or villantandhatjátok	villanthatandják or villantandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	villanthatandalak or villantandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	villanthatnék	villanthatnál	villanthatna	villanthatnánk	villanthatnátok	villanthatnának
		Def.	villanthatnám	villanthatnád	villanthatná	villanthatnánk (or villanthatnók)	villanthatnátok	villanthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	villanthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. villanthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	villanthassak	villanthass or villanthassál	villanthasson	villanthassunk	villanthassatok	villanthassanak
		Def.	villanthassam	villanthasd or villanthassad	villanthassa	villanthassuk	villanthassátok	villanthassák
		2nd-p. o.	villanthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. villanthatott légyen
Inf.	(villanthatni)		(villanthatnom)	(villanthatnod)	(villanthatnia)	(villanthatnunk)	(villanthatnotok)	(villanthatniuk)
Positive adjective			villantható	Neg. adj.	villanthatatlan	Adv. part.	(villanthatva / villanthatván)

Derived terms

• villantás

(With verbal prefixes):

• felvillant
• megvillant
• odavillant
• rávillant

Etymology 2

villan +‎ -t (past-tense suffix)

Verb

villant

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of villan

Further reading

• villant 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