retteg
Hungarian
Etymology
From a sound-imitative root + -eg.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɛtːɛɡ]
- Hyphenation: ret‧teg
- Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Verb
retteg
- (intransitive) to dread (to fear greatly)
- (transitive, poetic) to be afraid of
- Nem rettegi a halált. ― He is not afraid of death.
Conjugation
conjugation of retteg
| 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. | rettegek | rettegsz | retteg | rettegünk | rettegtek | rettegnek |
| Def. | rettegem | retteged | rettegi | rettegjük | rettegitek | rettegik | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | retteglek | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | rettegtem | rettegtél | rettegett | rettegtünk | rettegtetek | rettegtek | |
| Def. | rettegtem | rettegted | rettegte | rettegtük | rettegtétek | rettegték | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | rettegtelek | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | rettegnék | rettegnél | rettegne | rettegnénk | rettegnétek | rettegnének |
| Def. | rettegném | rettegnéd | rettegné | rettegnénk (or rettegnők) | rettegnétek | rettegnék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | rettegnélek | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | rettegjek | rettegj or rettegjél | rettegjen | rettegjünk | rettegjetek | rettegjenek |
| Def. | rettegjem | rettegd or rettegjed | rettegje | rettegjük | rettegjétek | rettegjék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | rettegjelek | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | rettegni | rettegnem | rettegned | rettegnie | rettegnünk | rettegnetek | rettegniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| rettegés | rettegő | rettegett | rettegendő | rettegve | retteghet | |||
Derived terms
- rettegés
Related terms
- retten → megretten etc.
References
- retteg 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
- retteg 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