pereg

Hungarian[edit]

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative suffix).^[1]

pereg

(intransitive) to spin, to roll
Synonyms: pörög, forog

jól pereg a nyelve ― to have a glib tongue

Pergett a szemükből a könny. ― Tears rolled down from their eyes.
- 1964, Tibor Déry, G. A. úr X-ben, Bucharest: Kriterion Könyvkiadó (1989), →ISBN, page 159:
  — Ön még itt van, uram? — ismételte Elza. Könnyei végigfolytak arcán, ruhájára peregtek.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(intransitive, of time) to roll, roll by, pass, elapse
Peregtek az évek. ― The years rolled by.
- 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
  Egyhangúan peregtek az órák, hogy anyám mikor ment el, nem tudom. Kint ültem az intézet kertjére néző erkélyen, átkozva magam, amiért legalább a pipámat nem hoztam el hazulról.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(of drums) to roll, beat
(electronic switch) to have contact bounce

conjugation of pereg

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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.	pergek	peregsz	pereg	pergünk	peregtek	peregnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	peregtem	peregtél	pergett	peregtünk	peregtetek	peregtek
		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. peregni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	pergék	pergél	perge	pergénk	pergétek	pergének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pereg vala, pergett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	pergendek	pergendesz	pergend	pergendünk	pergendetek	pergendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	peregnék	peregnél	peregne	peregnénk	peregnétek	peregnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pergett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	peregjek	peregj or peregjél	peregjen	peregjünk	peregjetek	peregjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pergett légyen
Infinitive	peregni		peregnem	peregned	peregnie	peregnünk	peregnetek	peregniük
Other forms	pergés		pergő	pergett	―	peregve (peregvén)

potential conjugation of pereg

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.	pereghetek	pereghetsz	pereghet	pereghetünk	pereghettek	pereghetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	pereghettem	pereghettél	pereghetett	pereghettünk	pereghettetek	pereghettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	peregheték	pereghetél	pereghete	peregheténk	pereghetétek	pereghetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. pereghet vala, pereghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	pereghetendek or pergandhatok	pereghetendesz or pergandhatsz	pereghetend or pergandhat	pereghetendünk or pergandhatunk	pereghetendetek or pergandhattok	pereghetendenek or pergandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	pereghetnék	pereghetnél	pereghetne	pereghetnénk	pereghetnétek	pereghetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pereghetett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	pereghessek	pereghess or pereghessél	pereghessen	pereghessünk	pereghessetek	pereghessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pereghetett légyen
Inf.	(pereghetni)		(pereghetnem)	(pereghetned)	(pereghetnie)	(pereghetnünk)	(pereghetnetek)	(pereghetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(pereghetve / pereghetvén)

^ pereg 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.)