rombol

See also: romból

Hungarian

Etymology

Of debated origin:^[1]

From Proto-Slavic *rǫbiti, in which case it must have arrived before the late 10th century or from an Eastern South Slavic variant before the late 12th century due to the preserved m, compare galamb, gomba.
From the same unattested stem of unknown origin as romlik, with the frequentative suffix -bol, cf. dorombol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrombol]
Hyphenation: rom‧bol
Rhymes: -ol

Verb

rombol

(transitive) to destroy, ravage

Conjugation

Conjugation of *rombol*
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
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.	rombolok	rombolsz	rombol	rombolunk	romboltok	rombolnak
			def.	rombolom	rombolod	rombolja	romboljuk	romboljátok	rombolják
			2nd obj	rombollak
		past	indef.	romboltam	romboltál	rombolt	romboltunk	romboltatok	romboltak
			def.	romboltam	romboltad	rombolta	romboltuk	romboltátok	rombolták
			2nd obj	romboltalak
		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. rombolni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	rombolék	rombolál	rombola	rombolánk	rombolátok	rombolának
		def.	rombolám	rombolád	rombolá	rombolánk	rombolátok	rombolák
		2nd obj	rombolálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rombol vala, rombolt vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	rombolandok	rombolandasz	romboland	rombolandunk	rombolandotok	rombolandanak
		def.	rombolandom	rombolandod	rombolandja	rombolandjuk	rombolandjátok	rombolandják
		2nd obj	rombolandalak

conditional		present	indef.	rombolnék	rombolnál	rombolna	rombolnánk	rombolnátok	rombolnának
	def.		rombolnám	rombolnád	rombolná	rombolnánk (or rombolnók)	rombolnátok	rombolnák
	2nd obj		rombolnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rombolt volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	romboljak	rombolj or romboljál	romboljon	romboljunk	romboljatok	romboljanak
			def.	romboljam	rombold or romboljad	rombolja	romboljuk	romboljátok	rombolják
			2nd obj	romboljalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rombolt légyen

infinitive		rombolni		rombolnom	rombolnod	rombolnia	rombolnunk	rombolnotok	rombolniuk
other forms	rombolás		romboló	rombolt	rombolandó	rombolva (rombolván)		romboltat
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 *rombol*
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
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.	rombolhatok	rombolhatsz	rombolhat	rombolhatunk	rombolhattok	rombolhatnak
			def.	rombolhatom	rombolhatod	rombolhatja	rombolhatjuk	rombolhatjátok	rombolhatják
			2nd obj	rombolhatlak
		past	indef.	rombolhattam	rombolhattál	rombolhatott	rombolhattunk	rombolhattatok	rombolhattak
			def.	rombolhattam	rombolhattad	rombolhatta	rombolhattuk	rombolhattátok	rombolhatták
			2nd obj	rombolhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	rombolhaték	rombolhatál	rombolhata	rombolhatánk	rombolhatátok	rombolhatának
		def.	rombolhatám	rombolhatád	rombolhatá	rombolhatánk	rombolhatátok	rombolhaták
		2nd obj	rombolhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rombolhat vala, rombolhatott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	rombolhatandok or rombolandhatok	rombolhatandasz or rombolandhatsz	rombolhatand or rombolandhat	rombolhatandunk or rombolandhatunk	rombolhatandotok or rombolandhattok	rombolhatandanak or rombolandhatnak
		def.	rombolhatandom or rombolandhatom	rombolhatandod or rombolandhatod	rombolhatandja or rombolandhatja	rombolhatandjuk or rombolandhatjuk	rombolhatandjátok or rombolandhatjátok	rombolhatandják or rombolandhatják
		2nd obj	rombolhatandalak or rombolandhatlak

conditional		present	indef.	rombolhatnék	rombolhatnál	rombolhatna	rombolhatnánk	rombolhatnátok	rombolhatnának
	def.		rombolhatnám	rombolhatnád	rombolhatná	rombolhatnánk (or rombolhatnók)	rombolhatnátok	rombolhatnák
	2nd obj		rombolhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rombolhatott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	rombolhassak	rombolhass or rombolhassál	rombolhasson	rombolhassunk	rombolhassatok	rombolhassanak
			def.	rombolhassam	rombolhasd or rombolhassad	rombolhassa	rombolhassuk	rombolhassátok	rombolhassák
			2nd obj	rombolhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rombolhatott légyen

infinitive		(rombolhatni)		(rombolhatnom)	(rombolhatnod)	(rombolhatnia)	(rombolhatnunk)	(rombolhatnotok)	(rombolhatniuk)
other forms	rombolható			rombolhatatlan		(rombolhatva / rombolhatván)

Derived terms

rombolás

(With verbal prefixes):

lerombol
összerombol
szétrombol

References

^ rombol in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

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