ballag

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia expressing the image of slow walking + -ag. First attested in 1504.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ballag

  1. (intransitive) to walk slowly
  2. (intransitive) to have one’s farewell (graduation) ceremony (at the end of the last year, saying goodbye to the school by visiting the classrooms and the surrounding area in groups, singing traditional songs)

Conjugation

conjugation of ballag
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
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. ballagok ballagsz ballag ballagunk ballagtok ballagnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. ballagtam ballagtál ballagott ballagtunk ballagtatok ballagtak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
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. ballagni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. ballagék ballagál ballaga ballagánk ballagátok ballagának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ballag vala, ballagott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. ballagandok ballagandasz ballagand ballagandunk ballagandotok ballagandanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. ballagnék ballagnál ballagna ballagnánk ballagnátok ballagnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ballagott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. ballagjak ballagj or
ballagjál 		ballagjon ballagjunk ballagjatok ballagjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ballagott légyen
Infinitive ballagni ballagnom ballagnod ballagnia ballagnunk ballagnotok ballagniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
ballagás ballagó ballagott ― ballagva (ballagván) ballagtat
potential conjugation of ballag
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
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. ballaghatok ballaghatsz ballaghat ballaghatunk ballaghattok ballaghatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. ballaghattam ballaghattál ballaghatott ballaghattunk ballaghattatok ballaghattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. ballaghaték ballaghatál ballaghata ballaghatánk ballaghatátok ballaghatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ballaghat vala, ballaghatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. ballaghatandok
or ballagandhatok 		ballaghatandasz
or ballagandhatsz 		ballaghatand
or ballagandhat 		ballaghatandunk
or ballagandhatunk 		ballaghatandotok
or ballagandhattok 		ballaghatandanak
or ballagandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. ballaghatnék ballaghatnál ballaghatna ballaghatnánk ballaghatnátok ballaghatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ballaghatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. ballaghassak ballaghass or
ballaghassál 		ballaghasson ballaghassunk ballaghassatok ballaghassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ballaghatott légyen
Inf. (ballaghatni) (ballaghatnom) (ballaghatnod) (ballaghatnia) (ballaghatnunk) (ballaghatnotok) (ballaghatniuk)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (ballaghatva / ballaghatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ ballag 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

  • ballag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ballag in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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