harsan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒrʃɒn]
  • Hyphenation: har‧san
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

harsan

  1. (intransitive, literary) to blare, sound (to make a loud sound such as of a trumpet)
    Arra ébredtem, hogy kürtszó harsant.I woke up to the blare of a trumpet.
  2. (intransitive, rare, of a voice) to blare (to proclaim loudly sounding like the blare of a trumpet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of harsan
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. harsanok harsansz harsan harsanunk harsantok harsannak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. harsantam harsantál harsant harsantunk harsantatok harsantak
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. harsanni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. harsanék harsanál harsana harsanánk harsanátok harsanának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. harsan vala, harsant vala/volt.
archaic future indef. harsanandok harsanandasz harsanand harsanandunk harsanandotok harsanandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. harsannék harsannál harsanna harsannánk harsannátok harsannának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. harsant volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. harsanjak harsanj or
harsanjál
harsanjon harsanjunk harsanjatok harsanjanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. harsant légyen
infinitive harsanni harsannom harsannod harsannia harsannunk harsannotok harsanniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
harsanás harsanó harsant harsanva (harsanván)
Potential conjugation of harsan
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. harsanhatok harsanhatsz harsanhat harsanhatunk harsanhattok harsanhatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. harsanhattam harsanhattál harsanhatott harsanhattunk harsanhattatok harsanhattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. harsanhaték harsanhatál harsanhata harsanhatánk harsanhatátok harsanhatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. harsanhat vala, harsanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. harsanhatandok
or harsanandhatok
harsanhatandasz
or harsanandhatsz
harsanhatand
or harsanandhat
harsanhatandunk
or harsanandhatunk
harsanhatandotok
or harsanandhattok
harsanhatandanak
or harsanandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. harsanhatnék harsanhatnál harsanhatna harsanhatnánk harsanhatnátok harsanhatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. harsanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. harsanhassak harsanhass or
harsanhassál
harsanhasson harsanhassunk harsanhassatok harsanhassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. harsanhatott légyen
infinitive (harsanhatni) (harsanhatnom) (harsanhatnod) (harsanhatnia) (harsanhatnunk) (harsanhatnotok) (harsanhatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(harsanhatva / harsanhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beharsan
  • elharsan
  • felharsan
  • megharsan
  • végigharsan

References

  1. ^ harsan 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

  • harsan 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.