ropog

Hungarian

Etymology

rop (to dance briskly) +‎ -og (frequentative suffix) [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈropoɡ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ro‧pog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

ropog

  1. (intransitive) to crunch, crack, crackle
    • 1989, John Updike (author), translated by Árpád Göncz, Így látja Roger [Roger's Version], Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 109:
      A tűz ropogott, majd szikrát szórva váratlanul magába roskadt. Richie fölállt, s a fahasábokat a tűzpiszkálóval átrendezte.
      The fire crackled, and abruptly tumbled upon itself in a spurt of sparks. Richie got up and rearranged the logs with the tongs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ropog
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. ropogok ropogsz ropog ropogunk ropogtok ropognak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. ropogtam ropogtál ropogott ropogtunk ropogtatok ropogtak
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. ropogni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. ropogék ropogál ropoga ropogánk ropogátok ropogának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ropog vala, ropogott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. ropogandok ropogandasz ropogand ropogandunk ropogandotok ropogandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. ropognék ropognál ropogna ropognánk ropognátok ropognának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ropogott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ropogjak ropogj or
ropogjál
ropogjon ropogjunk ropogjatok ropogjanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ropogott légyen
infinitive ropogni ropognom ropognod ropognia ropognunk ropognotok ropogniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
ropogás ropogó ropogott ropogva (ropogván) ropogtat
Potential conjugation of ropog
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. ropoghatok ropoghatsz ropoghat ropoghatunk ropoghattok ropoghatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. ropoghattam ropoghattál ropoghatott ropoghattunk ropoghattatok ropoghattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. ropoghaték ropoghatál ropoghata ropoghatánk ropoghatátok ropoghatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ropoghat vala, ropoghatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. ropoghatandok
or ropogandhatok
ropoghatandasz
or ropogandhatsz
ropoghatand
or ropogandhat
ropoghatandunk
or ropogandhatunk
ropoghatandotok
or ropogandhattok
ropoghatandanak
or ropogandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. ropoghatnék ropoghatnál ropoghatna ropoghatnánk ropoghatnátok ropoghatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ropoghatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ropoghassak ropoghass or
ropoghassál
ropoghasson ropoghassunk ropoghassatok ropoghassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ropoghatott légyen
infinitive (ropoghatni) (ropoghatnom) (ropoghatnod) (ropoghatnia) (ropoghatnunk) (ropoghatnotok) (ropoghatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(ropoghatva / ropoghatván)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ropog 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

  • ropog 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.