melenget

Hungarian

Etymology

From meleg (“warm”) +‎ -get (frequentative suffix), original form melegget.

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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	melengetok	melengetsz	melenget	melengetunk	melengettok	melengetnak
		Def.	melengetom	melengetod	melengetja	melengetjuk	melengetjátok	melengetják
		2nd-p. o.	melengetlak	―
	Past	Indef.	melengettam	melengettál	melengetott	melengettunk	melengettatok	melengettak
		Def.	melengettam	melengettad	melengetta	melengettuk	melengettátok	melengetták
		2nd-p. o.	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 Preterit	Indef.	melengeték	melengetál	melengeta	melengetánk	melengetátok	melengetának
		Def.	melengetám	melengetád	melengetá	melengetánk	melengetátok	melengeták
		2nd-p. o.	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-p. o.	melengetandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	melengetnék	melengetnál	melengetna	melengetnánk	melengetnátok	melengetnának
		Def.	melengetnám	melengetnád	melengetná	melengetnánk (or melengetnók)	melengetnátok	melengetnák
		2nd-p. o.	melengetnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. melengetott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	melengessak	melengess or melengessál	melengesson	melengessunk	melengessatok	melengessanak
		Def.	melengessam	melengesd or melengessad	melengessa	melengessuk	melengessátok	melengessák
		2nd-p. o.	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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	melengethatok	melengethatsz	melengethat	melengethatunk	melengethattok	melengethatnak
		Def.	melengethatom	melengethatod	melengethatja	melengethatjuk	melengethatjátok	melengethatják
		2nd-p. o.	melengethatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	melengethattam	melengethattál	melengethatott	melengethattunk	melengethattatok	melengethattak
		Def.	melengethattam	melengethattad	melengethatta	melengethattuk	melengethattátok	melengethatták
		2nd-p. o.	melengethattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	melengethaték	melengethatál	melengethata	melengethatánk	melengethatátok	melengethatának
		Def.	melengethatám	melengethatád	melengethatá	melengethatánk	melengethatátok	melengethaták
		2nd-p. o.	melengethatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, 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-p. o.	melengethatandalak or melengetandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	melengethatnék	melengethatnál	melengethatna	melengethatnánk	melengethatnátok	melengethatnának
		Def.	melengethatnám	melengethatnád	melengethatná	melengethatnánk (or melengethatnók)	melengethatnátok	melengethatnák
		2nd-p. o.	melengethatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. melengethatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	melengethassak	melengethass or melengethassál	melengethasson	melengethassunk	melengethassatok	melengethassanak
		Def.	melengethassam	melengethasd or melengethassad	melengethassa	melengethassuk	melengethassátok	melengethassák
		2nd-p. o.	melengethassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. melengethatott légyen
Inf.	(melengethatni)		(melengethatnom)	(melengethatnod)	(melengethatnia)	(melengethatnunk)	(melengethatnotok)	(melengethatniuk)
Positive adjective			melengetható	Neg. adj.	melengethatatlan	Adv. part.	(melengethatva / melengethatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• átmelenget
• megmelenget

Expressions

• kígyót melenget a keblén

 

Further reading

• melenget 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