huppan
Hungarian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeic stem + -an (instantaneous-frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhupːɒn]
- Hyphenation: hup‧pan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Verb
huppan
- (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to fall with a thud, to slump, plop (to fall somewhere making a soft, dull sound)
- Synonyms: zuhan, pottyan, zöttyen
- A gyerekek a földre huppantak. ― The children plopped down on the ground.
Conjugation
conjugation of huppan
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. | huppanok | huppansz | huppan | huppanunk | huppantok | huppannak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | huppantam | huppantál | huppant | huppantunk | huppantatok | huppantak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | huppannék | huppannál | huppanna | huppannánk | huppannátok | huppannának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | huppanjak | huppanj or huppanjál | huppanjon | huppanjunk | huppanjatok | huppanjanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | huppanni | huppannom | huppannod | huppannia | huppannunk | huppannotok | huppanniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
huppanás | huppanó | huppant | ― | huppanva | huppanhat |
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
- belehuppan
- lehuppan
- visszahuppan
References
- huppan 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.)
- huppan in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- huppan 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