melenget

Hungarian

Etymology

From meleg (warm) +‎ -get (frequentative suffix), original form melegget.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛlɛŋɡɛt]
  • Hyphenation: me‧len‧get
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

melenget

  1. (transitive) to warm
    Synonym: melegít
    A fagyos kezünket melengettük a tűznél.We warmed our frozen hands by the fire.
  2. (transitive, of hopes, plans, desires) to cherish, nurse
    Synonym: dédelget

Conjugation

Conjugation of melenget
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. melengetok melengetsz melenget melengetunk melengettok melengetnak
def. melengetom melengetod melengetja melengetjuk melengetjátok melengetják
2nd obj melengetlak
past indef. melengettam melengettál melengetott melengettunk melengettatok melengettak
def. melengettam melengettad melengetta melengettuk melengettátok melengetták
2nd obj melengettalak
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. melengetni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. melengeték melengetál melengeta melengetánk melengetátok melengetának
def. melengetám melengetád melengetá melengetánk melengetátok melengeták
2nd obj melengetálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. melenget vala, melengetott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. melengetandok melengetandasz melengetand melengetandunk melengetandotok melengetandanak
def. melengetandom melengetandod melengetandja melengetandjuk melengetandjátok melengetandják
2nd obj melengetandalak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. melengetnék melengetnál melengetna melengetnánk melengetnátok melengetnának
def. melengetnám melengetnád melengetná melengetnánk
(or melengetnók)
melengetnátok melengetnák
2nd obj melengetnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. melengetott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. melengessak melengess or
melengessál
melengesson melengessunk melengessatok melengessanak
def. melengessam melengesd or
melengessad
melengessa melengessuk melengessátok melengessák
2nd obj melengessalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. melengetott légyen
infinitive melengetni melengetnom melengetnod melengetnia melengetnunk melengetnotok melengetniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
melengetás melengetó melengetott melengetandó melengetva (melengetván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
Potential conjugation of melenget
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. melengethatok melengethatsz melengethat melengethatunk melengethattok melengethatnak
def. melengethatom melengethatod melengethatja melengethatjuk melengethatjátok melengethatják
2nd obj melengethatlak
past indef. melengethattam melengethattál melengethatott melengethattunk melengethattatok melengethattak
def. melengethattam melengethattad melengethatta melengethattuk melengethattátok melengethatták
2nd obj melengethattalak
archaic
preterite
indef. melengethaték melengethatál melengethata melengethatánk melengethatátok melengethatának
def. melengethatám melengethatád melengethatá melengethatánk melengethatátok melengethaták
2nd obj melengethatálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. melengethat vala, melengethatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. melengethatandok
or melengetandhatok
melengethatandasz
or melengetandhatsz
melengethatand
or melengetandhat
melengethatandunk
or melengetandhatunk
melengethatandotok
or melengetandhattok
melengethatandanak
or melengetandhatnak
def. melengethatandom
or melengetandhatom
melengethatandod
or melengetandhatod
melengethatandja
or melengetandhatja
melengethatandjuk
or melengetandhatjuk
melengethatandjátok
or melengetandhatjátok
melengethatandják
or melengetandhatják
2nd obj melengethatandalak
or melengetandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. melengethatnék melengethatnál melengethatna melengethatnánk melengethatnátok melengethatnának
def. melengethatnám melengethatnád melengethatná melengethatnánk
(or melengethatnók)
melengethatnátok melengethatnák
2nd obj melengethatnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. melengethatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. melengethassak melengethass or
melengethassál
melengethasson melengethassunk melengethassatok melengethassanak
def. melengethassam melengethasd or
melengethassad
melengethassa melengethassuk melengethassátok melengethassák
2nd obj melengethassalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. melengethatott légyen
infinitive (melengethatni) (melengethatnom) (melengethatnod) (melengethatnia) (melengethatnunk) (melengethatnotok) (melengethatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
melengetható melengethatatlan (melengethatva / melengethatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átmelenget
  • megmelenget

References

  1. ^ melenget in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • melenget 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.