sikolt
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as the verb sikít (“to scream”) + -olt (instantaneous suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃikolt]
- Hyphenation: si‧kolt
- Rhymes: -olt
Verb
sikolt
- (intransitive) to scream, shriek, screech (to cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain)
- Synonyms: sikít, visít
- (transitive) to scream, shriek (to utter in or with a shriek)
- Segítség! - sikoltotta. ― 'Help!' she screamed.
Conjugation
conjugation of sikolt
| 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. | sikoltok | sikoltasz | sikolt | sikoltunk | sikoltotok | sikoltanak |
| Def. | sikoltom | sikoltod | sikoltja | sikoltjuk | sikoltjátok | sikoltják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | sikoltalak | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | sikoltottam | sikoltottál | sikoltott | sikoltottunk | sikoltottatok | sikoltottak | |
| Def. | sikoltottam | sikoltottad | sikoltotta | sikoltottuk | sikoltottátok | sikoltották | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | sikoltottalak | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | sikoltanék | sikoltanál | sikoltana | sikoltanánk | sikoltanátok | sikoltanának |
| Def. | sikoltanám | sikoltanád | sikoltaná | sikoltanánk (or sikoltanók) | sikoltanátok | sikoltanák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | sikoltanálak | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | sikoltsak | sikolts or sikoltsál | sikoltson | sikoltsunk | sikoltsatok | sikoltsanak |
| Def. | sikoltsam | sikoltsd or sikoltsad | sikoltsa | sikoltsuk | sikoltsátok | sikoltsák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | sikoltsalak | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | sikoltani | sikoltanom | sikoltanod | sikoltania | sikoltanunk | sikoltanotok | sikoltaniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| sikoltás | sikoltó | sikoltott | sikoltandó | sikoltva | sikolthat | |||
Derived terms
- sikoltás
- sikoltoz
(With verbal prefixes):
- elsikolt
- felsikolt
- túlsikolt
Related terms
- sikít
- sikoly
- sikong
References
- sikolt 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
- sikolt 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