cammog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested root of uncertain origin, perhaps an onomatopoeia + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɒmːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: cam‧mog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

cammog

  1. (intransitive, of a person or animal) to plod, trudge (to walk slowly and heavily)
    Synonyms: baktat, battyog
    Egy medve cammog az úton.A bear is plodding on the road.
  2. (intransitive, also derogatory, of a vehicle) to crawl, inch (to move forward slowly)
    • 2022, Péter Gárdos, Semmelweis Ignác rövid boldogsága, Budapest: Open Books, →ISBN, page 21:
      A Hatvani utcán egy sánta ló poroszkált a konflis elé fogva, a két barát a sötétben a kocsis körvonalát már alig tudta kivenni, miközben szorosan az épület falához tapadtak. Időtlen időkig cammogott a fogat a Duna irányába, várni kellett.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (intransitive, literary, figurative) to advance or change slowly
    1. (intransitive, of time) to drag, to pass slowly

Conjugation

Conjugation of cammog
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 indica­tive pre­sent indef. cammogok cammogsz cammog cammogunk cammogtok cammognak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. cammogtam cammogtál cammogott cammogtunk cammogtatok cammogtak
def.
2nd obj
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. cammogni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. cammogék cammogál cammoga cammogánk cammogátok cammogának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. cammog vala, cammogott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. cammogandok cammogandasz cammogand cammogandunk cammogandotok cammogandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. cammognék cammognál cammogna cammognánk cammognátok cammognának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. cammogott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. cammogjak cammogj or
cammogjál
cammogjon cammogjunk cammogjatok cammogjanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. cammogott légyen
infinitive cammogni cammognom cammognod cammognia cammognunk cammognotok cammogniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
cammogás cammogó cammogott cammogva (cammogván) cammogtat
Potential conjugation of cammog
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 indica­tive pre­sent indef. cammoghatok cammoghatsz cammoghat cammoghatunk cammoghattok cammoghatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. cammoghattam cammoghattál cammoghatott cammoghattunk cammoghattatok cammoghattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. cammoghaték cammoghatál cammoghata cammoghatánk cammoghatátok cammoghatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. cammoghat vala, cammoghatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. cammoghatandok
or cammogandhatok
cammoghatandasz
or cammogandhatsz
cammoghatand
or cammogandhat
cammoghatandunk
or cammogandhatunk
cammoghatandotok
or cammogandhattok
cammoghatandanak
or cammogandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. cammoghatnék cammoghatnál cammoghatna cammoghatnánk cammoghatnátok cammoghatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. cammoghatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. cammoghassak cammoghass or
cammoghassál
cammoghasson cammoghassunk cammoghassatok cammoghassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. cammoghatott légyen
infinitive (cammoghatni) (cammoghatnom) (cammoghatnod) (cammoghatnia) (cammoghatnunk) (cammoghatnotok) (cammoghatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(cammoghatva / cammoghatván)

Derived terms

  • cammogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • becammog
  • elcammog
  • felcammog
  • kicammog
  • visszacammog

References

  1. ^ cammog 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

  • cammog in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • cammog in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).