elpattan
Hungarian
Etymology
From el- + pattan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈɛlpɒtːɒn]
- Hyphenation: el‧pat‧tan
Verb
elpattan
- (intransitive) to pop, break, snap (of a string etc.), crack (of glass), burst (of a bubble or vessel)
- Elpattant a hegedű húrja. ― The violin string snapped.
- Az olajlámpa üvege hirtelen elpattant. ― The chimney of the oil lamp suddenly cracked.
- Elpattant egy kis ér a bal szememben. ― A small blood vessel burst in my left eye.
- (intransitive) to spring away, rebound, bounce off
- A labda elpattant a focista lábáról. ― The ball bounced off the footballer's foot.
Conjugation
conjugation of elpattan
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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Indica- tive mood | Pre- sent | Indef. | elpattanok | elpattansz | elpattan | elpattanunk | elpattantok | elpattannak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | elpattantam | elpattantál | elpattant | elpattantunk | elpattantatok | elpattantak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Condi- tional mood | Pre- sent | Indef. | elpattannék | elpattannál | elpattanna | elpattannánk | elpattannátok | elpattannának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Sub- junc- tive mood | Pre- sent | Indef. | elpattanjak | elpattanj or elpattanjál | elpattanjon | elpattanjunk | elpattanjatok | elpattanjanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | elpattanni | elpattannom | elpattannod | elpattannia | elpattannunk | elpattannotok | elpattanniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
elpattanás | elpattanó | elpattant | ― | elpattanva | elpattanhat |
Derived terms
- elpattanás
- elpattanó
- elpattant
Expressions
- elpattan egy húr
Further reading
- elpattan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.