hebeg

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛbɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: he‧beg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

hebeg

  1. (intransitive) to stammer, falter (to speak hesitantly, with pauses, due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)
    Synonyms: habog, dadog
  2. (transitive) to stammer (to utter something hesitantly, with pauses, due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)
    Synonyms: habog, dadog
    Félek tőle – hebegte.“I’m afraid of him”, she stammered.
  3. (ambitransitive, rare) to stutter (to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds)
    Synonym: dadog

Conjugation

Conjugation of hebeg
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. hebegek hebegsz hebeg hebegünk hebegtek hebegnek
def. hebegem hebeged hebegi hebegjük hebegitek hebegik
2nd obj hebeglek
past indef. hebegtem hebegtél hebegett hebegtünk hebegtetek hebegtek
def. hebegtem hebegted hebegte hebegtük hebegtétek hebegték
2nd obj hebegtelek
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. hebegni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. hebegék hebegél hebege hebegénk hebegétek hebegének
def. hebegém hebegéd hebegé hebegénk hebegétek hebegék
2nd obj hebegélek
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hebeg vala, hebegett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. hebegendek hebegendesz hebegend hebegendünk hebegendetek hebegendenek
def. hebegendem hebegended hebegendi hebegendjük hebegenditek hebegendik
2nd obj hebegendelek
condi­tional pre­sent indef. hebegnék hebegnél hebegne hebegnénk hebegnétek hebegnének
def. hebegném hebegnéd hebegné hebegnénk
(or hebegnők)
hebegnétek hebegnék
2nd obj hebegnélek
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hebegett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. hebegjek hebegj or
hebegjél
hebegjen hebegjünk hebegjetek hebegjenek
def. hebegjem hebegd or
hebegjed
hebegje hebegjük hebegjétek hebegjék
2nd obj hebegjelek
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hebegett légyen
infinitive hebegni hebegnem hebegned hebegnie hebegnünk hebegnetek hebegniük
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
hebegés hebegő hebegett hebegendő hebegve (hebegvén) hebegtet
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 hebeg
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. hebeghetek hebeghetsz hebeghet hebeghetünk hebeghettek hebeghetnek
def. hebeghetem hebegheted hebegheti hebeghetjük hebeghetitek hebeghetik
2nd obj hebeghetlek
past indef. hebeghettem hebeghettél hebeghetett hebeghettünk hebeghettetek hebeghettek
def. hebeghettem hebeghetted hebeghette hebeghettük hebeghettétek hebeghették
2nd obj hebeghettelek
archaic
preterite
indef. hebegheték hebeghetél hebeghete hebegheténk hebeghetétek hebeghetének
def. hebeghetém hebeghetéd hebegheté hebegheténk hebeghetétek hebegheték
2nd obj hebeghetélek
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hebeghet vala, hebeghetett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. hebeghetendek
or hebegandhatok
hebeghetendesz
or hebegandhatsz
hebeghetend
or hebegandhat
hebeghetendünk
or hebegandhatunk
hebeghetendetek
or hebegandhattok
hebeghetendenek
or hebegandhatnak
def. hebeghetendem
or hebegandhatom
hebeghetended
or hebegandhatod
hebeghetendi
or hebegandhatja
hebeghetendjük
or hebegandhatjuk
hebeghetenditek
or hebegandhatjátok
hebeghetendik
or hebegandhatják
2nd obj hebeghetendelek
or hebegandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. hebeghetnék hebeghetnél hebeghetne hebeghetnénk hebeghetnétek hebeghetnének
def. hebeghetném hebeghetnéd hebeghetné hebeghetnénk
(or hebeghetnők)
hebeghetnétek hebeghetnék
2nd obj hebeghetnélek
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hebeghetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. hebeghessek hebeghess or
hebeghessél
hebeghessen hebeghessünk hebeghessetek hebeghessenek
def. hebeghessem hebeghesd or
hebeghessed
hebeghesse hebeghessük hebeghessétek hebeghessék
2nd obj hebeghesselek
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hebeghetett légyen
infinitive (hebeghetni) (hebeghetnem) (hebeghetned) (hebeghetnie) (hebeghetnünk) (hebeghetnetek) (hebeghetniük)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
hebeghető hebeghetetlen (hebeghetve / hebeghetvén)

Derived terms

  • hebegés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elhebeg
  • összehebeg

References

  1. ^ hebeg 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

  • hebeg 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.