zuhan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root associated with the sound of falling water + -an (instantaneous suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzuɦɒn]
Hyphenation: zu‧han
Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

zuhan

(intransitive) to fall (from a great height)

Conjugation

conjugation of zuhan

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.	zuhanok	zuhansz	zuhan	zuhanunk	zuhantok	zuhannak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	zuhantam	zuhantál	zuhant	zuhantunk	zuhantatok	zuhantak
		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. zuhanni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	zuhanék	zuhanál	zuhana	zuhanánk	zuhanátok	zuhanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. zuhan vala, zuhant vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	zuhanandok	zuhanandasz	zuhanand	zuhanandunk	zuhanandotok	zuhanandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	zuhannék	zuhannál	zuhanna	zuhannánk	zuhannátok	zuhannának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. zuhant volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	zuhanjak	zuhanj or zuhanjál	zuhanjon	zuhanjunk	zuhanjatok	zuhanjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. zuhant légyen
Infinitive	zuhanni		zuhannom	zuhannod	zuhannia	zuhannunk	zuhannotok	zuhanniuk
Other forms	zuhanás		zuhanó	zuhant	―	zuhanva (zuhanván)

potential conjugation of zuhan

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.	zuhanhatok	zuhanhatsz	zuhanhat	zuhanhatunk	zuhanhattok	zuhanhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	zuhanhattam	zuhanhattál	zuhanhatott	zuhanhattunk	zuhanhattatok	zuhanhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	zuhanhaték	zuhanhatál	zuhanhata	zuhanhatánk	zuhanhatátok	zuhanhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. zuhanhat vala, zuhanhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	zuhanhatandok or zuhanandhatok	zuhanhatandasz or zuhanandhatsz	zuhanhatand or zuhanandhat	zuhanhatandunk or zuhanandhatunk	zuhanhatandotok or zuhanandhattok	zuhanhatandanak or zuhanandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	zuhanhatnék	zuhanhatnál	zuhanhatna	zuhanhatnánk	zuhanhatnátok	zuhanhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. zuhanhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	zuhanhassak	zuhanhass or zuhanhassál	zuhanhasson	zuhanhassunk	zuhanhassatok	zuhanhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. zuhanhatott légyen
Inf.	(zuhanhatni)		(zuhanhatnom)	(zuhanhatnod)	(zuhanhatnia)	(zuhanhatnunk)	(zuhanhatnotok)	(zuhanhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(zuhanhatva / zuhanhatván)

Derived terms

zuhanás

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms

zuhint
zuhog

References

^ zuhan 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.)