hibban

hibban

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic imitating the sound of slipping or skidding + -an (instantaneous suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhibːɒn]
• Hyphenation: hib‧ban
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

hibban

1. (intransitive, of a person) Only used in meghibban (“to go crazy, become unhinged”, to become mentally disturbed)

   Synonyms: megzavarodik, megháborodik

2. (intransitive, dialectal, archaic without a verbal prefix) to become imbalanced (to lose its balance)

   Synonym: meghibban

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• hibban (…) meg, meg … hibban ― meghibban

Conjugation

conjugation of hibban

			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.	hibbanok	hibbansz	hibban	hibbanunk	hibbantok	hibbannak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	hibbantam	hibbantál	hibbant	hibbantunk	hibbantatok	hibbantak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	hibbannék	hibbannál	hibbanna	hibbannánk	hibbannátok	hibbannának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	hibbanjak	hibbanj or hibbanjál	hibbanjon	hibbanjunk	hibbanjatok	hibbanjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	hibbanni		hibbannom	hibbannod	hibbannia	hibbannunk	hibbannotok	hibbanniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			hibbanás	hibbanó	hibbant	―	hibbanva	hibbanhat

Derived terms

• hibbant

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• meghibban

References

1. hibban 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

• meghibban in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• hibban in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.