bólint
Hungarian
Etymology
From an unattested stem of uncertain origin, perhaps an onomatopoeia + -int (instantaneous suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
bólint
- (transitive, intransitive) to nod (to incline the head down and up once, to indicate agreement)
- Synonym: biccent
Conjugation
conjugation of bólint
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | bólintok | bólintasz | bólint | bólintunk | bólintotok | bólintanak | |
Def. | bólintom | bólintod | bólintja | bólintjuk | bólintjátok | bólintják | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólintalak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | bólintottam | bólintottál | bólintott | bólintottunk | bólintottatok | bólintottak | ||
Def. | bólintottam | bólintottad | bólintotta | bólintottuk | bólintottátok | bólintották | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólintottalak | ― | |||||||
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. bólintani fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bólinték | bólintál | bólinta | bólintánk | bólintátok | bólintának | ||
Def. | bólintám | bólintád | bólintá | bólintánk | bólintátok | bólinták | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólintálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bólint vala, bólintott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | bólintandok | bólintandasz | bólintand | bólintandunk | bólintandotok | bólintandanak | ||
Def. | bólintandom | bólintandod | bólintandja | bólintandjuk | bólintandjátok | bólintandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólintandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bólintanék | bólintanál | bólintana | bólintanánk | bólintanátok | bólintanának | |
Def. | bólintanám | bólintanád | bólintaná | bólintanánk (or bólintanók) |
bólintanátok | bólintanák | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólintanálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bólintott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bólintsak | bólints or bólintsál |
bólintson | bólintsunk | bólintsatok | bólintsanak | |
Def. | bólintsam | bólintsd or bólintsad |
bólintsa | bólintsuk | bólintsátok | bólintsák | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólintsalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bólintott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | bólintani | bólintanom | bólintanod | bólintania | bólintanunk | bólintanotok | bólintaniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
bólintás | bólintó | bólintott | bólintandó | bólintva (bólintván) | |||||
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 bólint
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | bólinthatok | bólinthatsz | bólinthat | bólinthatunk | bólinthattok | bólinthatnak | |
Def. | bólinthatom | bólinthatod | bólinthatja | bólinthatjuk | bólinthatjátok | bólinthatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólinthatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | bólinthattam | bólinthattál | bólinthatott | bólinthattunk | bólinthattatok | bólinthattak | ||
Def. | bólinthattam | bólinthattad | bólinthatta | bólinthattuk | bólinthattátok | bólinthatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólinthattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bólinthaték | bólinthatál | bólinthata | bólinthatánk | bólinthatátok | bólinthatának | ||
Def. | bólinthatám | bólinthatád | bólinthatá | bólinthatánk | bólinthatátok | bólinthaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólinthatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. bólinthat vala, bólinthatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | bólinthatandok or bólintandhatok |
bólinthatandasz or bólintandhatsz |
bólinthatand or bólintandhat |
bólinthatandunk or bólintandhatunk |
bólinthatandotok or bólintandhattok |
bólinthatandanak or bólintandhatnak | ||
Def. | bólinthatandom or bólintandhatom |
bólinthatandod or bólintandhatod |
bólinthatandja or bólintandhatja |
bólinthatandjuk or bólintandhatjuk |
bólinthatandjátok or bólintandhatjátok |
bólinthatandják or bólintandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólinthatandalak or bólintandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bólinthatnék | bólinthatnál | bólinthatna | bólinthatnánk | bólinthatnátok | bólinthatnának | |
Def. | bólinthatnám | bólinthatnád | bólinthatná | bólinthatnánk (or bólinthatnók) |
bólinthatnátok | bólinthatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólinthatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bólinthatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bólinthassak | bólinthass or bólinthassál |
bólinthasson | bólinthassunk | bólinthassatok | bólinthassanak | |
Def. | bólinthassam | bólinthasd or bólinthassad |
bólinthassa | bólinthassuk | bólinthassátok | bólinthassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | bólinthassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bólinthatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (bólinthatni) | (bólinthatnom) | (bólinthatnod) | (bólinthatnia) | (bólinthatnunk) | (bólinthatnotok) | (bólinthatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | bólintható | Neg. adj. | bólinthatatlan | Adv. part. | (bólinthatva / bólinthatván) | ||||
Derived terms
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Related terms
References
- ^ bólint 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
- bólint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN