percen

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡sɛn]
  • Hyphenation: per‧cen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

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From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -en (instantaneous suffix).[1]

Verb

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percen

  1. (intransitive, rare, of quill pen) to scrape, scratch (to make one small scraping sound)
  2. (intransitive, rare, of woodworm) to tick (to make one clicking sound)
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Etymology 2

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perc +‎ -en (case suffix)

Noun

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percen

  1. superessive singular of perc
    Öt percen belül ott leszek.I will be there within five minutes.

References

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  1. ^ percen 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

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  • percen 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

Middle English

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Etymology

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Old French percier.

Verb

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percen (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percende, percynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle perced)

  1. to pierce