pereg
Hungarian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
pereg
- (intransitive) to spin, to roll
- jól pereg a nyelve ― 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
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. | 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 |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| 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) | ||||
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Related terms
References
- ^ 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.)