beköp
Hungarian
Etymology
be- + köp
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛkøp]
- Hyphenation: be‧köp
- Rhymes: -øp
Verb
beköp
- (intransitive) to spit over something into another closed space
- A kerítésen át beköpött az udvarra. ― He spat over the fence into the yard.
- (transitive) to spit (to emit or expel something from the mouth)
- Beköpött a szobába egy cseresznyemagot. ― He spat a cherry pit into the room.
- (transitive, of fly) to flyblow, to contaminate with flyblows
- (transitive, slang) to squeal, snitch, grass up, rat on, inform on, peach on someone (to betray by informing on)
- Synonyms: besúg, elárul, beárul
- (transitive, figuratively) to make a witty, amusing comment in front of an audience or in a conversation
- Synonym: bemond
Conjugation
conjugation of beköp
| 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. | beköpök | beköpsz | beköp | beköpünk | beköptök | beköpnek |
| Def. | beköpöm | beköpöd | beköpi | beköpjük | beköpitek | beköpik | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beköplek | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | beköptem | beköptél | beköpött | beköptünk | beköptetek | beköptek | |
| Def. | beköptem | beköpted | beköpte | beköptük | beköptétek | beköpték | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beköptelek | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | beköpnék | beköpnél | beköpne | beköpnénk | beköpnétek | beköpnének |
| Def. | beköpném | beköpnéd | beköpné | beköpnénk (or beköpnők) | beköpnétek | beköpnék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beköpnélek | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | beköpjek | beköpj or beköpjél | beköpjön | beköpjünk | beköpjetek | beköpjenek |
| Def. | beköpjem | beköpd or beköpjed | beköpje | beköpjük | beköpjétek | beköpjék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beköpjelek | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | beköpni | beköpnöm | beköpnöd | beköpnie | beköpnünk | beköpnötök | beköpniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| beköpés | beköpő | beköpött | beköpendő | beköpve | beköphet | |||
Derived terms
- beköpés
- beköpköd
Further reading
- beköp 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
- beköp in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)