ballag
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia expressing the image of slow walking + -ag. First attested in 1504.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
ballag
- (intransitive) to walk slowly
Conjugation
conjugation of ballag
| 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. | ballagok | ballagsz | ballag | ballagunk | ballagtok | ballagnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | ballagtam | ballagtál | ballagott | ballagtunk | ballagtatok | ballagtak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| 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. ballagni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | ballagék | ballagál | ballaga | ballagánk | ballagátok | ballagának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ballag vala, ballagott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | ballagandok | ballagandasz | ballagand | ballagandunk | ballagandotok | ballagandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | ballagnék | ballagnál | ballagna | ballagnánk | ballagnátok | ballagnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ballagott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | ballagjak | ballagj or ballagjál |
ballagjon | ballagjunk | ballagjatok | ballagjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ballagott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | ballagni | ballagnom | ballagnod | ballagnia | ballagnunk | ballagnotok | ballagniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| ballagás | ballagó | ballagott | ― | ballagva (ballagván) | |||||
potential conjugation of ballag
| 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. | ballaghatok | ballaghatsz | ballaghat | ballaghatunk | ballaghattok | ballaghatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | ballaghattam | ballaghattál | ballaghatott | ballaghattunk | ballaghattatok | ballaghattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | ballaghaték | ballaghatál | ballaghata | ballaghatánk | ballaghatátok | ballaghatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ballaghat vala, ballaghatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | ballaghatandok or ballagandhatok |
ballaghatandasz or ballagandhatsz |
ballaghatand or ballagandhat |
ballaghatandunk or ballagandhatunk |
ballaghatandotok or ballagandhattok |
ballaghatandanak or ballagandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | ballaghatnék | ballaghatnál | ballaghatna | ballaghatnánk | ballaghatnátok | ballaghatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ballaghatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | ballaghassak | ballaghass or ballaghassál |
ballaghasson | ballaghassunk | ballaghassatok | ballaghassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ballaghatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (ballaghatni) | (ballaghatnom) | (ballaghatnod) | (ballaghatnia) | (ballaghatnunk) | (ballaghatnotok) | (ballaghatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (ballaghatva / ballaghatván) | ||||
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
References
- ^ ballag 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.)