imbolyog
Hungarian
Etymology
From an otherwise unattested stem related to the stem of indít and inog + -lyog (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈimbojoɡ]
- Hyphenation: im‧bo‧lyog
- Rhymes: -oɡ
Verb
imbolyog
- (intransitive) to sway, stagger, waver, rock (to move slowly, unsteadily, swinging from side to side; or backward and forward)
- Synonyms: támolyog, tántorog, dülöng, dülöngél, botorkál
- (intransitive) to sway, bend, waver (to swing from side to side while in one place)
- Synonyms: hajladozik, himbálózik, himbálódzik
- A nád imbolygott a szélben. ― The reeds swayed in the wind.
- (intransitive, of light, shadows) to flutter, waver
- Synonyms: lebeg, ingadozik
- Árnyak imbolyogtak a falon. ― Shadows were wavering on the wall.
Conjugation
conjugation of imbolyog
| 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. | imbolygok | imbolyogsz | imbolyog | imbolygunk | imbolyogtok | imbolyognak |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | imbolyogtam | imbolyogtál | imbolygott | imbolyogtunk | imbolyogtatok | imbolyogtak | |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | imbolyognék | imbolyognál | imbolyogna | imbolyognánk | imbolyognátok | imbolyognának |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | imbolyogjak | imbolyogj or imbolyogjál | imbolyogjon | imbolyogjunk | imbolyogjatok | imbolyogjanak |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Infinitive | imbolyogni | imbolyognom | imbolyognod | imbolyognia | imbolyognunk | imbolyognotok | imbolyogniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| imbolygás | imbolygó | imbolygott | ― | imbolyogva | imbolyoghat | |||
Derived terms
- imbolygás
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- imbolyog 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
- imbolyog 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