kacsint

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒt͡ʃint]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧csint
  • Rhymes: -int

Etymology 1

Possibly from an obsolete verb sense from a combined noun and verb term in the sense “to curve; curvature” [its noun counterpart being kacs (“tendril”)] + an instantaneous verb suffix -int. Its original meaning may have been “to look askew”.[1]

Verb

kacsint

  1. (intransitive) to wink (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy)
  2. (intransitive, informal, rare) to cast a furtive glance (from aside), to look secretly somewhere
Conjugation
conjugation of kacsint
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. kacsintok kacsintasz kacsint kacsintunk kacsintotok kacsintanak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. kacsintottam kacsintottál kacsintott kacsintottunk kacsintottatok kacsintottak
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. kacsintani fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. kacsinték kacsintál kacsinta kacsintánk kacsintátok kacsintának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kacsint vala, kacsintott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. kacsintandok kacsintandasz kacsintand kacsintandunk kacsintandotok kacsintandanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kacsintanék kacsintanál kacsintana kacsintanánk kacsintanátok kacsintanának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kacsintott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kacsintsak kacsints or
kacsintsál		 kacsintson kacsintsunk kacsintsatok kacsintsanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kacsintott légyen
Infinitive kacsintani kacsintanom kacsintanod kacsintania kacsintanunk kacsintanotok kacsintaniuk
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
kacsintás kacsintó kacsintott ― kacsintva (kacsintván)
potential conjugation of kacsint
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. kacsinthatok kacsinthatsz kacsinthat kacsinthatunk kacsinthattok kacsinthatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. kacsinthattam kacsinthattál kacsinthatott kacsinthattunk kacsinthattatok kacsinthattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. kacsinthaték kacsinthatál kacsinthata kacsinthatánk kacsinthatátok kacsinthatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kacsinthat vala, kacsinthatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. kacsinthatandok
or kacsintandhatok 		kacsinthatandasz
or kacsintandhatsz		 kacsinthatand
or kacsintandhat		 kacsinthatandunk
or kacsintandhatunk		 kacsinthatandotok
or kacsintandhattok		 kacsinthatandanak
or kacsintandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kacsinthatnék kacsinthatnál kacsinthatna kacsinthatnánk kacsinthatnátok kacsinthatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kacsinthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kacsinthassak kacsinthass or
kacsinthassál		 kacsinthasson kacsinthassunk kacsinthassatok kacsinthassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kacsinthatott légyen
Inf. (kacsinthatni) (kacsinthatnom) (kacsinthatnod) (kacsinthatnia) (kacsinthatnunk) (kacsinthatnotok) (kacsinthatniuk)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (kacsinthatva / kacsinthatván)
Derived terms
  • kacsingat
  • kacsintás
  • kacsintgat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átkacsint
  • hátrakacsint
  • idekacsint
  • kikacsint
  • odakacsint
  • összekacsint
  • rákacsint
  • visszakacsint

Etymology 2

kacsin (“Kachin”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Adjective

kacsint

  1. accusative singular of kacsin

Noun

kacsint

  1. accusative singular of kacsin

References
  1. kacsint 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
  • kacsint 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
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