tekereg
Hungarian
Etymology
teker + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛkɛrɛɡ]
- Hyphenation: te‧ke‧reg
Verb
tekereg
- (intransitive, derogatory, of a person) to hang about, loiter, loaf around (to wander about aimlessly, outside of one's home, avoiding work, doing nothing in particular)
- Synonyms: csavarog, kószál, kujtorog, kóvályog, csatangol
- (intransitive) to squirm, wriggle, wind, twist (to twist one's body with snakelike motions)
- Synonyms: tekerőzik, kígyózik
- Egy kígyó tekergett a vízben. ― A snake was wriggling in the water.
Conjugation
conjugation of tekereg
Infinitive | tekeregni | |||||||
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Past participle | tekergett | |||||||
Present participle | tekergő | |||||||
Future participle | - | |||||||
Adverbial participle | tekeregve | |||||||
Potential | tekereghet | |||||||
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 | tekergek | tekeregsz | tekereg | tekergünk | tekeregtek | tekeregnek |
Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
Past | Indefinite | tekeregtem | tekeregtél | tekergett | tekeregtünk | tekeregtetek | tekeregtek | |
Definite | - | |||||||
Conditional mood | Present | Indefinite | tekeregnék | tekeregnél | tekeregne | tekeregnénk | tekeregnétek | tekeregnének |
Definite | - | |||||||
Subjunctive mood | Present | Indefinite | tekeregjek | tekeregj or tekeregjél | tekeregjen | tekeregjünk | tekeregjetek | tekeregjenek |
Definite | - | |||||||
Conjugated infinitive | tekeregnem | tekeregned | tekeregnie | tekeregnünk | tekeregnetek | tekeregniük |
Derived terms
- tekergés
(With verbal prefixes):
- eltekereg
References
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- tekereg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.