pattan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root imitating the sound of a thin object breaking + -an (instantaneous suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒtːɒn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: pat‧tan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

pattan

  1. (intransitive, of a whip) to crack
  2. (intransitive, of a person) to spring, jump (to move somewhere quickly)
  3. (intransitive, rare, literary, figuratively, of a thought or idea) to spring forth (to come into existence from somewhere, usually someone's mind: -ból/-ből)
    Synonym: kipattan
    Ez az ötlet az ő agyából pattant. ― This idea sprung forth from his/her mind.

Conjugation
conjugation of pattan
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. pattanok pattansz pattan pattanunk pattantok pattannak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. pattantam pattantál pattant pattantunk pattantatok pattantak
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. pattanni fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. pattanék pattanál pattana pattanánk pattanátok pattanának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pattan vala, pattant vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. pattanandok pattanandasz pattanand pattanandunk pattanandotok pattanandanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. pattannék pattannál pattanna pattannánk pattannátok pattannának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pattant volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. pattanjak pattanj or
pattanjál		 pattanjon pattanjunk pattanjatok pattanjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pattant légyen
Infinitive pattanni pattannom pattannod pattannia pattannunk pattannotok pattanniuk
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
pattanás pattanó pattant ― pattanva (pattanván)
potential conjugation of pattan
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. pattanhatok pattanhatsz pattanhat pattanhatunk pattanhattok pattanhatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. pattanhattam pattanhattál pattanhatott pattanhattunk pattanhattatok pattanhattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. pattanhaték pattanhatál pattanhata pattanhatánk pattanhatátok pattanhatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. pattanhat vala, pattanhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. pattanhatandok
or pattanandhatok 		pattanhatandasz
or pattanandhatsz		 pattanhatand
or pattanandhat		 pattanhatandunk
or pattanandhatunk		 pattanhatandotok
or pattanandhattok		 pattanhatandanak
or pattanandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. pattanhatnék pattanhatnál pattanhatna pattanhatnánk pattanhatnátok pattanhatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pattanhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. pattanhassak pattanhass or
pattanhassál		 pattanhasson pattanhassunk pattanhassatok pattanhassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pattanhatott légyen
Inf. (pattanhatni) (pattanhatnom) (pattanhatnod) (pattanhatnia) (pattanhatnunk) (pattanhatnotok) (pattanhatniuk)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (pattanhatva / pattanhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bepattan
  • belepattan
  • elpattan
  • előpattan
  • felpattan
  • idepattan
  • kipattan
  • lepattan
  • megpattan
  • mellépattan
  • odapattan
  • rápattan
  • szétpattan
  • visszapattan
  • pattant
  • pattingat
  • pattint
  • pattog
  • pattogat

References
  1. pattan 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
  • pattan 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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