rettent

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtːɛnt]
• Hyphenation: ret‧tent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

retten (“to shrink back, recoil”) +‎ -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix)

Verb

rettent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of retten

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• rettent (…) el, el … rettent ― elrettent ― elretten
• rettent (…) meg, meg … rettent ― megrettent ― megretten
• and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Participle

rettent

1. past participle of retten

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rettent	rettentek
accusative	rettentet	rettenteket
dative	rettentnek	rettenteknek
instrumental	rettenttel	rettentekkel
causal-final	rettentért	rettentekért
translative	rettentté	rettentekké
terminative	rettentig	rettentekig
essive-formal	rettentként	rettentekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rettentben	rettentekben
superessive	rettenten	rettenteken
adessive	rettentnél	rettenteknél
illative	rettentbe	rettentekbe
sublative	rettentre	rettentekre
allative	rettenthez	rettentekhez
elative	rettentből	rettentekből
delative	rettentről	rettentekről
ablative	rettenttől	rettentektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	rettenté	rettenteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rettentéi	rettentekéi

Related terms

From the verb retten

• rettenet → rettenetes → rettenetesen

 

Etymology 2

retten (“to shrink back, recoil”) +‎ -t (causative verb-forming suffix)

Verb

rettent

1. (transitive, literary) to deter (to prevent or discourage someone from doing something)

   Synonyms: ijeszt, rémít, riaszt

   • 1936, Attila József, Nagyon fáj (It Hurts So Much),^[1] translated by Peter Zollman, László Fórizs (Q1005876),^[2] and Tamás Kabdebó (Q1103115)^[3]

     Nem szégyenlem, ha kitalálom, // hisz kitaszit / a világ így is olyat, akit / kábít a nap, rettent az álom.

     It’s not a shame to guess this right, // but I’m aware / that we are hated everywhere / who dream by day and fret at night.

     (literally, “…who is dazed by the Sun and terrified by dreams.”)

     I’m not ashamed that I found it out. // Because who is / scared by his dreams dazed by the sun / will be driven out in any case.

     No shame on me to find just only one // solution, since / an outcast I am / frightened by dreams and dazed by the sun.

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• rettent (…) el, el … rettent ― elrettent
• rettent (…) fel, fel … rettent ― felrettent
• rettent (…) meg, meg … rettent ― megrettent
• rettent (…) vissza, vissza … rettent ― visszarettent

Conjugation

conjugation of rettent

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.	rettentek	rettentesz	rettent	rettentünk	rettentetek	rettentenek
		Def.	rettentem	rettented	rettenti	rettentjük	rettentitek	rettentik
		2nd-p. o.	rettentelek	―
	Past	Indef.	rettentettem	rettentettél	rettentett	rettentettünk	rettentettetek	rettentettek
		Def.	rettentettem	rettentetted	rettentette	rettentettük	rettentettétek	rettentették
		2nd-p. o.	rettentettelek	―
	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. rettenteni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rettenték	rettentél	rettente	rettenténk	rettentétek	rettentének
		Def.	rettentém	rettentéd	rettenté	rettenténk	rettentétek	rettenték
		2nd-p. o.	rettentélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rettent vala, rettentett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rettentendek	rettentendesz	rettentend	rettentendünk	rettentendetek	rettentendenek
		Def.	rettentendem	rettentended	rettentendi	rettentendjük	rettentenditek	rettentendik
		2nd-p. o.	rettentendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rettentenék	rettentenél	rettentene	rettentenénk	rettentenétek	rettentenének
		Def.	rettenteném	rettentenéd	rettentené	rettentenénk (or rettentenők)	rettentenétek	rettentenék
		2nd-p. o.	rettentenélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rettentett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rettentsek	rettents or rettentsél	rettentsen	rettentsünk	rettentsetek	rettentsenek
		Def.	rettentsem	rettentsd or rettentsed	rettentse	rettentsük	rettentsétek	rettentsék
		2nd-p. o.	rettentselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rettentett légyen
Infinitive	rettenteni		rettentenem	rettentened	rettentenie	rettentenünk	rettentenetek	rettenteniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	rettentés		rettentő	rettentett	rettentendő	rettentve (rettentvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of rettent

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.	rettenthetek	rettenthetsz	rettenthet	rettenthetünk	rettenthettek	rettenthetnek
		Def.	rettenthetem	rettentheted	rettentheti	rettenthetjük	rettenthetitek	rettenthetik
		2nd-p. o.	rettenthetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	rettenthettem	rettenthettél	rettenthetett	rettenthettünk	rettenthettetek	rettenthettek
		Def.	rettenthettem	rettenthetted	rettenthette	rettenthettük	rettenthettétek	rettenthették
		2nd-p. o.	rettenthettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rettentheték	rettenthetél	rettenthete	rettentheténk	rettenthetétek	rettenthetének
		Def.	rettenthetém	rettenthetéd	rettentheté	rettentheténk	rettenthetétek	rettentheték
		2nd-p. o.	rettenthetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. rettenthet vala, rettenthetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rettenthetendek or rettentandhatok	rettenthetendesz or rettentandhatsz	rettenthetend or rettentandhat	rettenthetendünk or rettentandhatunk	rettenthetendetek or rettentandhattok	rettenthetendenek or rettentandhatnak
		Def.	rettenthetendem or rettentandhatom	rettenthetended or rettentandhatod	rettenthetendi or rettentandhatja	rettenthetendjük or rettentandhatjuk	rettenthetenditek or rettentandhatjátok	rettenthetendik or rettentandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	rettenthetendelek or rettentandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rettenthetnék	rettenthetnél	rettenthetne	rettenthetnénk	rettenthetnétek	rettenthetnének
		Def.	rettenthetném	rettenthetnéd	rettenthetné	rettenthetnénk (or rettenthetnők)	rettenthetnétek	rettenthetnék
		2nd-p. o.	rettenthetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rettenthetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rettenthessek	rettenthess or rettenthessél	rettenthessen	rettenthessünk	rettenthessetek	rettenthessenek
		Def.	rettenthessem	rettenthesd or rettenthessed	rettenthesse	rettenthessük	rettenthessétek	rettenthessék
		2nd-p. o.	rettenthesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rettenthetett légyen
Inf.	(rettenthetni)		(rettenthetnem)	(rettenthetned)	(rettenthetnie)	(rettenthetnünk)	(rettenthetnetek)	(rettenthetniük)
Positive adjective			rettenthető	Neg. adj.	rettenthetetlen	Adv. part.	(rettenthetve / rettenthetvén)

Derived terms

• rettentés
• rettenthetetlen
• rettentő → rettentően

 

Further reading

• rettent 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
• Results for both senses of “rettent” among the examples in A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára