pereg

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrɛɡ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pe‧reg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

pereg

  1. (intransitive) to spin, to roll
    Synonyms: pörög, forog
    jól pereg a nyelve ― to have a glib tongue
    Pergett a szemükből a könny. ― Tears rolled down from their eyes.
    • 1964, Tibor Déry, G. A. úr X-ben, Bucharest: Kriterion Könyvkiadó (1989), →ISBN, page 159:
      — Ön még itt van, uram? — ismételte Elza. Könnyei végigfolytak arcán, ruhájára peregtek.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive, of time) to roll, roll by, pass, elapse
    Peregtek az évek. ― The years rolled by.
    • 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
      Egyhangúan peregtek az órák, hogy anyám mikor ment el, nem tudom. Kint ültem az intézet kertjére néző erkélyen, átkozva magam, amiért legalább a pipámat nem hoztam el hazulról.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (of drums) to roll, beat
  4. (electronic switch) to have contact bounce

Conjugation

Conjugation of pereg
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. pergek peregsz pereg pergünk peregtek peregnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. peregtem peregtél pergett peregtünk peregtetek peregtek
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. peregni fog.
archaic
preterite 		indef. pergék pergél perge pergénk pergétek pergének
def. ―
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pereg vala, pergett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. pergendek pergendesz pergend pergendünk pergendetek pergendenek
def. ―
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. peregnék peregnél peregne peregnénk peregnétek peregnének
def. ―
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pergett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. peregjek peregj or
peregjél 		peregjen peregjünk peregjetek peregjenek
def. ―
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pergett légyen
infinitive peregni peregnem peregned peregnie peregnünk peregnetek peregniük
other
forms 		verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
pergés pergő pergett ― peregve (peregvén) peregtet
Potential conjugation of pereg
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. pereghetek pereghetsz pereghet pereghetünk pereghettek pereghetnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. pereghettem pereghettél pereghetett pereghettünk pereghettetek pereghettek
def. ―
2nd obj
archaic
preterite 		indef. peregheték pereghetél pereghete peregheténk pereghetétek pereghetének
def. ―
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pereghet vala, pereghetett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. pereghetendek
or pergandhatok 		pereghetendesz
or pergandhatsz 		pereghetend
or pergandhat 		pereghetendünk
or pergandhatunk 		pereghetendetek
or pergandhattok 		pereghetendenek
or pergandhatnak
def. ―
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. pereghetnék pereghetnél pereghetne pereghetnénk pereghetnétek pereghetnének
def. ―
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pereghetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. pereghessek pereghess or
pereghessél 		pereghessen pereghessünk pereghessetek pereghessenek
def. ―
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pereghetett légyen
infinitive (pereghetni) (pereghetnem) (pereghetned) (pereghetnie) (pereghetnünk) (pereghetnetek) (pereghetniük)
other
forms 		positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
― ― (pereghetve / pereghetvén)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • lepereg
  • rápereg
  • végigpereg

References

  1. ^ pereg 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

  • pereg 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.
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