harsan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒrʃɒn]
• Hyphenation: har‧san
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

harsan

1. (intransitive, literary) to blare, sound (to make a loud sound such as of a trumpet)

   Arra ébredtem, hogy kürtszó harsant. ― I woke up to the blare of a trumpet.

2. (intransitive, rare, of a voice) to blare (to proclaim loudly sounding like the blare of a trumpet)

Conjugation

conjugation of harsan

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.	harsanok	harsansz	harsan	harsanunk	harsantok	harsannak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	harsantam	harsantál	harsant	harsantunk	harsantatok	harsantak
		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. harsanni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	harsanék	harsanál	harsana	harsanánk	harsanátok	harsanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. harsan vala, harsant vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	harsanandok	harsanandasz	harsanand	harsanandunk	harsanandotok	harsanandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	harsannék	harsannál	harsanna	harsannánk	harsannátok	harsannának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. harsant volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	harsanjak	harsanj or harsanjál	harsanjon	harsanjunk	harsanjatok	harsanjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. harsant légyen
Infinitive	harsanni		harsannom	harsannod	harsannia	harsannunk	harsannotok	harsanniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	harsanás		harsanó	harsant	―	harsanva (harsanván)

potential conjugation of harsan

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.	harsanhatok	harsanhatsz	harsanhat	harsanhatunk	harsanhattok	harsanhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	harsanhattam	harsanhattál	harsanhatott	harsanhattunk	harsanhattatok	harsanhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	harsanhaték	harsanhatál	harsanhata	harsanhatánk	harsanhatátok	harsanhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. harsanhat vala, harsanhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	harsanhatandok or harsanandhatok	harsanhatandasz or harsanandhatsz	harsanhatand or harsanandhat	harsanhatandunk or harsanandhatunk	harsanhatandotok or harsanandhattok	harsanhatandanak or harsanandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	harsanhatnék	harsanhatnál	harsanhatna	harsanhatnánk	harsanhatnátok	harsanhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. harsanhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	harsanhassak	harsanhass or harsanhassál	harsanhasson	harsanhassunk	harsanhassatok	harsanhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. harsanhatott légyen
Inf.	(harsanhatni)		(harsanhatnom)	(harsanhatnod)	(harsanhatnia)	(harsanhatnunk)	(harsanhatnotok)	(harsanhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(harsanhatva / harsanhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• beharsan
• elharsan
• felharsan
• megharsan
• végigharsan

Further reading

• harsan 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