settenkedik
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Hungarian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeic stem evoking the sound of slow foot-dragging + -kedik (verb-forming suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
settenkedik
- (intransitive) to sneak, to creep (to move furtively, stealthily)
- Tegnap rajtakaptam, hogy settenkedett a fáskamra körül. ― Yesterday I caught him/her sneaking around the woodshed.
Conjugation
conjugation of settenkedik
| 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. | settenkedem or settenkedek |
settenkedsz | settenkedik | settenkedünk | settenkedtek | settenkednek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | settenkedtem | settenkedtél | settenkedett | settenkedtünk | settenkedtetek | settenkedtek | ||
| 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. settenkedni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | settenkedék or settenkedém |
settenkedél | settenkede or settenkedék |
settenkedénk | settenkedétek | settenkedének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. settenkedik vala, settenkedett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | settenkedendek (or settenkedendem) |
settenkedendesz (or settenkedendel) |
settenkedend (or settenkedendik*) |
settenkedendünk | settenkedendetek | settenkedendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | settenkednék (or settenkedném) |
settenkednél | settenkedne (or settenkednék*) |
settenkednénk | settenkednétek | settenkednének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. settenkedett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | settenkedjek or settenkedjem |
settenkedj or settenkedjél |
settenkedjen or settenkedjék |
settenkedjünk | settenkedjetek | settenkedjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. settenkedett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | settenkedni | settenkednem | settenkedned | settenkednie | settenkednünk | settenkednetek | settenkedniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| settenkedés | settenkedő | settenkedett | ― | settenkedve (settenkedvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of settenkedik
| 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. | settenkedhetek (or settenkedhetem) |
settenkedhetsz (or settenkedhetel) |
settenkedhet (or settenkedhetik) |
settenkedhetünk | settenkedhettek | settenkedhetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | settenkedhettem | settenkedhettél | settenkedhetett | settenkedhettünk | settenkedhettetek | settenkedhettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | settenkedheték or settenkedhetém |
settenkedhetél | settenkedhete or settenkedheték |
settenkedheténk | settenkedhetétek | settenkedhetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. settenkedhet vala, settenkedhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | settenkedhetendek or settenkedandhatok (or settenkedhetendem or settenkedandhatom) |
settenkedhetendesz or settenkedandhatsz (or settenkedhetendel or settenkedandhatol) |
settenkedhetend or settenkedandhat (or settenkedhetendik or settenkedandhatik*) |
settenkedhetendünk or settenkedandhatunk |
settenkedhetendetek or settenkedandhattok |
settenkedhetendenek or settenkedandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | settenkedhetnék (or settenkedhetném) |
settenkedhetnél | settenkedhetne (or settenkedhetnék*) |
settenkedhetnénk | settenkedhetnétek | settenkedhetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. settenkedhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | settenkedhessek (or settenkedhessem) |
settenkedhess or settenkedhessél |
settenkedhessen (or settenkedhessék) |
settenkedhessünk | settenkedhessetek | settenkedhessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. settenkedhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (settenkedhetni) | (settenkedhetnem) | (settenkedhetned) | (settenkedhetnie) | (settenkedhetnünk) | (settenkedhetnetek) | (settenkedhetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (settenkedhetve / settenkedhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
References
- ^ settenkedik 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.)
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- settenkedik 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