cselleng
Hungarian
editEtymology
editNative word, probably from an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative suffix). [1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcselleng
- (intransitive) to dawdle, hang about, hang around
Conjugation
editconjugation of cselleng
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | csellengek | csellengsz | cselleng | csellengünk | csellengtek | csellengnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | csellengtem | csellengtél | csellengett | csellengtünk | csellengtetek | csellengtek | ||
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. csellengni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | csellengék | csellengél | csellenge | csellengénk | csellengétek | csellengének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. cselleng vala, csellengett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | csellengendek | csellengendesz | csellengend | csellengendünk | csellengendetek | csellengendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | csellengnék | csellengnél | csellengne | csellengnénk | csellengnétek | csellengnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. csellengett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | csellengjek | csellengj or csellengjél |
csellengjen | csellengjünk | csellengjetek | csellengjenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. csellengett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | csellengni | csellengnem | csellengned | csellengnie | csellengnünk | csellengnetek | csellengniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
csellengés | csellengő | csellengett | ― | csellengve (csellengvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of cselleng
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | csellenghetek | csellenghetsz | csellenghet | csellenghetünk | csellenghettek | csellenghetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | csellenghettem | csellenghettél | csellenghetett | csellenghettünk | csellenghettetek | csellenghettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | csellengheték | csellenghetél | csellenghete | csellengheténk | csellenghetétek | csellenghetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. csellenghet vala, csellenghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | csellenghetendek or csellengandhatok |
csellenghetendesz or csellengandhatsz |
csellenghetend or csellengandhat |
csellenghetendünk or csellengandhatunk |
csellenghetendetek or csellengandhattok |
csellenghetendenek or csellengandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | csellenghetnék | csellenghetnél | csellenghetne | csellenghetnénk | csellenghetnétek | csellenghetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. csellenghetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | csellenghessek | csellenghess or csellenghessél |
csellenghessen | csellenghessünk | csellenghessetek | csellenghessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. csellenghetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (csellenghetni) | (csellenghetnem) | (csellenghetned) | (csellenghetnie) | (csellenghetnünk) | (csellenghetnetek) | (csellenghetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (csellenghetve / csellenghetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
edit(With verbal prefixes):
References
edit- ^ cselleng 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- cselleng 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
- cselleng in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).