tekereg
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛkɛrɛɡ]
- Hyphenation: te‧ke‧reg
- Rhymes: -ɛɡ
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)
- (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
| 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. | tekergek | tekeregsz | tekereg | tekergünk | tekeregtek | tekeregnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | tekeregtem | tekeregtél | tekergett | tekeregtünk | tekeregtetek | tekeregtek | ||
| 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. tekeregni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | tekergék | tekergél | tekerge | tekergénk | tekergétek | tekergének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tekereg vala, tekergett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | tekergendek | tekergendesz | tekergend | tekergendünk | tekergendetek | tekergendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | tekeregnék | tekeregnél | tekeregne | tekeregnénk | tekeregnétek | tekeregnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tekergett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | tekeregjek | tekeregj or tekeregjél |
tekeregjen | tekeregjünk | tekeregjetek | tekeregjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tekergett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | tekeregni | tekeregnem | tekeregned | tekeregnie | tekeregnünk | tekeregnetek | tekeregniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| tekergés | tekergő | tekergett | ― | tekeregve (tekeregvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of tekereg
| 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. | tekereghetek | tekereghetsz | tekereghet | tekereghetünk | tekereghettek | tekereghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | tekereghettem | tekereghettél | tekereghetett | tekereghettünk | tekereghettetek | tekereghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | tekeregheték | tekereghetél | tekereghete | tekeregheténk | tekereghetétek | tekereghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. tekereghet vala, tekereghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | tekereghetendek or tekergandhatok |
tekereghetendesz or tekergandhatsz |
tekereghetend or tekergandhat |
tekereghetendünk or tekergandhatunk |
tekereghetendetek or tekergandhattok |
tekereghetendenek or tekergandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | tekereghetnék | tekereghetnél | tekereghetne | tekereghetnénk | tekereghetnétek | tekereghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tekereghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | tekereghessek | tekereghess or tekereghessél |
tekereghessen | tekereghessünk | tekereghessetek | tekereghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tekereghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (tekereghetni) | (tekereghetnem) | (tekereghetned) | (tekereghetnie) | (tekereghetnünk) | (tekereghetnetek) | (tekereghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (tekereghetve / tekereghetvén) | ||||
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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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