kattog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: kat‧tog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

kattog

  1. (intransitive) to click, clack, clatter (to make repetitive clicking sounds)
    Fényképezőgépek kattogtak körülötte.Cameras were clicking around her.
    A vonatkerekek kattogtak a síneken.The wheels of the train clacked on the rails.
    A nyomtató kattogni kezdett.The printer began to clatter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kattog
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. kattogok kattogsz kattog kattogunk kattogtok kattognak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. kattogtam kattogtál kattogott kattogtunk kattogtatok kattogtak
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. kattogni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. kattogék kattogál kattoga kattogánk kattogátok kattogának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kattog vala, kattogott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. kattogandok kattogandasz kattogand kattogandunk kattogandotok kattogandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. kattognék kattognál kattogna kattognánk kattognátok kattognának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kattogott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. kattogjak kattogj or
kattogjál
kattogjon kattogjunk kattogjatok kattogjanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kattogott légyen
infinitive kattogni kattognom kattognod kattognia kattognunk kattognotok kattogniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
kattogás kattogó kattogott kattogva (kattogván) kattogtat
Potential conjugation of kattog
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. kattoghatok kattoghatsz kattoghat kattoghatunk kattoghattok kattoghatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. kattoghattam kattoghattál kattoghatott kattoghattunk kattoghattatok kattoghattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. kattoghaték kattoghatál kattoghata kattoghatánk kattoghatátok kattoghatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kattoghat vala, kattoghatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. kattoghatandok
or kattogandhatok
kattoghatandasz
or kattogandhatsz
kattoghatand
or kattogandhat
kattoghatandunk
or kattogandhatunk
kattoghatandotok
or kattogandhattok
kattoghatandanak
or kattogandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. kattoghatnék kattoghatnál kattoghatna kattoghatnánk kattoghatnátok kattoghatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kattoghatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. kattoghassak kattoghass or
kattoghassál
kattoghasson kattoghassunk kattoghassatok kattoghassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kattoghatott légyen
infinitive (kattoghatni) (kattoghatnom) (kattoghatnod) (kattoghatnia) (kattoghatnunk) (kattoghatnotok) (kattoghatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(kattoghatva / kattoghatván)

Derived terms

  • kattogás
  • kattogtat

References

  1. ^ kattog 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

  • kattog 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.