percen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡sɛn]
  • Hyphenation: per‧cen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -en (instantaneous suffix).[1]

Verb

percen

  1. (intransitive, rare, of quill pen) to scrape, scratch (to make one small scraping sound)
  2. (intransitive, rare, of woodworm) to tick (to make one clicking sound)
Conjugation
Conjugation of percen
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. percenek percensz percen percenünk percentek percennek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. percentem percentél percent percentünk percentetek percentek
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. percenni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. percenék percenél percene percenénk percenétek percenének
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. percen vala, percent vala/volt.
archaic future indef. percenendek percenendesz percenend percenendünk percenendetek percenendenek
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. percennék percennél percenne percennénk percennétek percennének
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. percent volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. percenjek percenj or
percenjél
percenjen percenjünk percenjetek percenjenek
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. percent légyen
infinitive percenni percennem percenned percennie percennünk percennetek percenniük
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
percenés percenő percent percenve (percenvén)
Potential conjugation of percen
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. percenhetek percenhetsz percenhet percenhetünk percenhettek percenhetnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. percenhettem percenhettél percenhetett percenhettünk percenhettetek percenhettek
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. percenheték percenhetél percenhete percenheténk percenhetétek percenhetének
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. percenhet vala, percenhetett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. percenhetendek
or percenandhatok
percenhetendesz
or percenandhatsz
percenhetend
or percenandhat
percenhetendünk
or percenandhatunk
percenhetendetek
or percenandhattok
percenhetendenek
or percenandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. percenhetnék percenhetnél percenhetne percenhetnénk percenhetnétek percenhetnének
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. percenhetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. percenhessek percenhess or
percenhessél
percenhessen percenhessünk percenhessetek percenhessenek
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. percenhetett légyen
infinitive (percenhetni) (percenhetnem) (percenhetned) (percenhetnie) (percenhetnünk) (percenhetnetek) (percenhetniük)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(percenhetve / percenhetvén)
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kipercen
  • perceg

Etymology 2

perc +‎ -en (case suffix)

Noun

percen

  1. superessive singular of perc
    Öt percen belül ott leszek.I will be there within five minutes.

References

  1. ^ percen 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

  • percen 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.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French percier.

Verb

percen (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percende, percynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle perced)

  1. to pierce

Descendants

  • English: pierce