ballag

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia expressing the image of slow walking + -ag. First attested in 1504.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒlːɒɡ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lag
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Verb

ballag

  1. (intransitive) to walk slowly
  2. (intransitive) to have one’s farewell (graduation) ceremony (at the end of the last year, saying goodbye to the school by visiting the classrooms and the surrounding area in groups, singing traditional songs)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballag
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 indica­tive pre­sent indef. ballagok ballagsz ballag ballagunk ballagtok ballagnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. ballagtam ballagtál ballagott ballagtunk ballagtatok ballagtak
def.
2nd obj
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. ballagni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. ballagék ballagál ballaga ballagánk ballagátok ballagának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ballag vala, ballagott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. ballagandok ballagandasz ballagand ballagandunk ballagandotok ballagandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. ballagnék ballagnál ballagna ballagnánk ballagnátok ballagnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ballagott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ballagjak ballagj or
ballagjál
ballagjon ballagjunk ballagjatok ballagjanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ballagott légyen
infinitive ballagni ballagnom ballagnod ballagnia ballagnunk ballagnotok ballagniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
ballagás ballagó ballagott ballagva (ballagván) ballagtat
Potential conjugation of ballag
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 indica­tive pre­sent indef. ballaghatok ballaghatsz ballaghat ballaghatunk ballaghattok ballaghatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. ballaghattam ballaghattál ballaghatott ballaghattunk ballaghattatok ballaghattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. ballaghaték ballaghatál ballaghata ballaghatánk ballaghatátok ballaghatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ballaghat vala, ballaghatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. ballaghatandok
or ballagandhatok
ballaghatandasz
or ballagandhatsz
ballaghatand
or ballagandhat
ballaghatandunk
or ballagandhatunk
ballaghatandotok
or ballagandhattok
ballaghatandanak
or ballagandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. ballaghatnék ballaghatnál ballaghatna ballaghatnánk ballaghatnátok ballaghatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ballaghatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ballaghassak ballaghass or
ballaghassál
ballaghasson ballaghassunk ballaghassatok ballaghassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ballaghatott légyen
infinitive (ballaghatni) (ballaghatnom) (ballaghatnod) (ballaghatnia) (ballaghatnunk) (ballaghatnotok) (ballaghatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(ballaghatva / ballaghatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beballag
  • elballag
  • hazaballag
  • kiballag
  • leballag
  • visszaballag

References

  1. ^ ballag 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

  • ballag in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • ballag in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).