mereng
Hungarian
Etymology
mer (“to ladle”) + -eng (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛrɛŋɡ]
- Hyphenation: me‧reng
Verb
mereng
- (intransitive, literary) ponder, ruminate, muse, daydream (to be lost in thought/reverie for a length of time)
- Synonyms: ábrándozik, álmodozik, mélázik, révedezik
Conjugation
conjugation of mereng
| Infinitive | merengeni | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past participle | merengett | |||||||
| Present participle | merengő | |||||||
| Future participle | - | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | merengve | |||||||
| Potential | merenghet | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal | |||
| Indicative mood | Present | Indefinite | merengek | merengesz | mereng | merengünk | merengetek or merengtek | merengenek |
| Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| Past | Indefinite | merengtem | merengtél | merengett | merengtünk | merengtetek | merengtek | |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indefinite | merengenék | merengenél | merengene | merengenénk | merengenétek | merengenének |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indefinite | merengjek | merengj or merengjél | merengjen | merengjünk | merengjetek | merengjenek |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conjugated infinitive | merengenem | merengened | merengenie | merengenünk | merengenetek | merengeniük | ||
or
conjugation of mereng
| Infinitive | merengni | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past participle | merengett | |||||||
| Present participle | merengő | |||||||
| Future participle | - | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | merengve | |||||||
| Potential | merenghet | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal | |||
| Indicative mood | Present | Indefinite | merengek | merengsz | mereng | merengünk | merengtek | merengnek |
| Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| Past | Indefinite | merengtem | merengtél | merengett | merengtünk | merengtetek | merengtek | |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indefinite | merengnék | merengnél | merengne | merengnénk | merengnétek | merengnének |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indefinite | merengjek | merengj or merengjél | merengjen | merengjünk | merengjetek | merengjenek |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conjugated infinitive | merengnem | merengned | merengnie | merengnünk | merengnetek | merengniük | ||
Derived terms
- merengés
(With verbal prefixes):
- elmereng
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
- mereng in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- mereng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.