pöfékel
Hungarian
Etymology
From an unattested onomatopoeic stem + -kel (frequentative suffix). Other words with the same stem: pöfög, pöfeteg.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
pöfékel
- (intransitive, somewhat humorous) to puff (to emit smoke in puffs; it can refer to a person while smoking cigarette or pipe, or to something such as a locomotive)
Conjugation
conjugation of pöfékel
| 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. | pöfékelek | pöfékelsz | pöfékel | pöfékelünk | pöfékeltek | pöfékelnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | pöfékeltem | pöfékeltél | pöfékelt | pöfékeltünk | pöfékeltetek | pöfékeltek | ||
| 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. pöfékelni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | pöfékelék | pöfékelél | pöfékele | pöfékelénk | pöfékelétek | pöfékelének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pöfékel vala, pöfékelt vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | pöfékelendek | pöfékelendesz | pöfékelend | pöfékelendünk | pöfékelendetek | pöfékelendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | pöfékelnék | pöfékelnél | pöfékelne | pöfékelnénk | pöfékelnétek | pöfékelnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pöfékelt volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | pöfékeljek | pöfékelj or pöfékeljél |
pöfékeljen | pöfékeljünk | pöfékeljetek | pöfékeljenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pöfékelt légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | pöfékelni | pöfékelnem | pöfékelned | pöfékelnie | pöfékelnünk | pöfékelnetek | pöfékelniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| pöfékelés | pöfékelő | pöfékelt | ― | pöfékelve (pöfékelvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of pöfékel
| 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. | pöfékelhetek | pöfékelhetsz | pöfékelhet | pöfékelhetünk | pöfékelhettek | pöfékelhetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | pöfékelhettem | pöfékelhettél | pöfékelhetett | pöfékelhettünk | pöfékelhettetek | pöfékelhettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | pöfékelheték | pöfékelhetél | pöfékelhete | pöfékelheténk | pöfékelhetétek | pöfékelhetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. pöfékelhet vala, pöfékelhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | pöfékelhetendek or pöfékelandhatok |
pöfékelhetendesz or pöfékelandhatsz |
pöfékelhetend or pöfékelandhat |
pöfékelhetendünk or pöfékelandhatunk |
pöfékelhetendetek or pöfékelandhattok |
pöfékelhetendenek or pöfékelandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | pöfékelhetnék | pöfékelhetnél | pöfékelhetne | pöfékelhetnénk | pöfékelhetnétek | pöfékelhetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pöfékelhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | pöfékelhessek | pöfékelhess or pöfékelhessél |
pöfékelhessen | pöfékelhessünk | pöfékelhessetek | pöfékelhessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pöfékelhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (pöfékelhetni) | (pöfékelhetnem) | (pöfékelhetned) | (pöfékelhetnie) | (pöfékelhetnünk) | (pöfékelhetnetek) | (pöfékelhetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (pöfékelhetve / pöfékelhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
References
- ^ pöfékel 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.)