elmereng
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlmɛrɛŋɡ]
- Hyphenation: el‧me‧reng
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ
Verb
elmereng
- (intransitive, formal, literary) to ponder, to muse, to mull over
- 1924, Gyula Juhász, Öreg színész, stanza 3:
- Az öltözőben sokszor elmereng, / Hogy hova tűnt a régi regement?
- 1924, Gyula Juhász, Öreg színész, stanza 3:
Conjugation
conjugation of elmereng
| Click for archaic forms | 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. | elmerengek | elmerengsz | elmereng | elmerengünk | elmerengtek | elmerengnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elmerengtem | elmerengtél | elmerengett | elmerengtünk | elmerengtetek | elmerengtek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. el fog merengni. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elmerengék | elmerengél | elmerenge | elmerengénk | elmerengétek | elmerengének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elmereng vala, elmerengett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elmerengendek | elmerengendesz | elmerengend | elmerengendünk | elmerengendetek | elmerengendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elmerengnék | elmerengnél | elmerengne | elmerengnénk | elmerengnétek | elmerengnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmerengett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elmerengjek | elmerengj or elmerengjél |
elmerengjen | elmerengjünk | elmerengjetek | elmerengjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmerengett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | elmerengni | elmerengnem | elmerengned | elmerengnie | elmerengnünk | elmerengnetek | elmerengniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| elmerengés | elmerengő | elmerengett | ― | elmerengve (elmerengvén) | |||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mereng el or el is mereng. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of elmereng
| Click for archaic forms | 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. | elmerenghetek | elmerenghetsz | elmerenghet | elmerenghetünk | elmerenghettek | elmerenghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elmerenghettem | elmerenghettél | elmerenghetett | elmerenghettünk | elmerenghettetek | elmerenghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elmerengheték | elmerenghetél | elmerenghete | elmerengheténk | elmerenghetétek | elmerenghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elmerenghet vala, elmerenghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elmerenghetendek or elmerengandhatok |
elmerenghetendesz or elmerengandhatsz |
elmerenghetend or elmerengandhat |
elmerenghetendünk or elmerengandhatunk |
elmerenghetendetek or elmerengandhattok |
elmerenghetendenek or elmerengandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elmerenghetnék | elmerenghetnél | elmerenghetne | elmerenghetnénk | elmerenghetnétek | elmerenghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmerenghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elmerenghessek | elmerenghess or elmerenghessél |
elmerenghessen | elmerenghessünk | elmerenghessetek | elmerenghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmerenghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (elmerenghetni) | (elmerenghetnem) | (elmerenghetned) | (elmerenghetnie) | (elmerenghetnünk) | (elmerenghetnetek) | (elmerenghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (elmerenghetve / elmerenghetvén) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem merenghet el or el is merenghet. | |||||||||
Further reading
- elmereng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- elmereng listed as an example at section II. 6b. of el 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 2024)
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