perce
English
Verb
perce (third-person singular simple present perces, present participle percing, simple past and past participle perced)
- Obsolete form of pierce.
Anagrams
- CREEP, creep, crepe, crêpe
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
perce
- inflection of percer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- crêpe
Hungarian
Etymology
perc + -e (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡sɛ]
- Hyphenation: per‧ce
Noun
perce
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of perc
- Coordinate terms: ideje, másodperce, órája, napja, hete, hónapja, éve, évtizede, évszázada, évezrede
Usage notes
The above possessive forms of time units often express the time past: with a durative verb (often in the present-tense), an action or event that has (had, will have) been going on for a given time until the given moment, or with an instantaneous verb (in the past tense), an action or event that happened a certain time ago or before. For example:
- Fél órája várom a vonatot. ― I have been waiting for the train for half an hour.
- Fél órája vártam a vonatot. ― I had been waiting for the train for half an hour (or: I waited, I was waiting for the train half an hour ago).
- Fél órája (= fél órával ezelőtt) érkeztem meg. ― I arrived half an hour ago.
- Fél órája (= fél órával előtte/korábban/azelőtt) érkeztem meg. ― I (had) arrived half an hour before.
Of course, the usual possessive sense is also possible in different types of sentences:
- Fél órája volt még a vizsgáig. ― He had half an hour left until the exam.
(The equivalent French phrase il y a is also constructed with an apparent possessive, although this Hungarian possessive can also correspond to depuis.) See also the entries of the possessive suffixes: -a/-e/-ja/-je for more examples.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | perce | — |
| accusative | percét | — |
| dative | percének | — |
| instrumental | percével | — |
| causal-final | percéért | — |
| translative | percévé | — |
| terminative | percéig | — |
| essive-formal | perceként | — |
| essive-modal | percéül | — |
| inessive | percében | — |
| superessive | percén | — |
| adessive | percénél | — |
| illative | percébe | — |
| sublative | percére | — |
| allative | percéhez | — |
| elative | percéből | — |
| delative | percéről | — |
| ablative | percétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | percéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | percééi | — |
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French percier. More at English pierce.
Verb
perce (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percende, percynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle perced)
- pierce
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1-2.
- Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
- The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1-2.
Descendants
- English: pierce