cselleng

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Hungarian

Etymology

Native word, probably from an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

cselleng

  1. (intransitive) to dawdle, hang about, hang around

Conjugation

Conjugation of cselleng
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. csellengek csellengsz cselleng csellengünk csellengtek csellengnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. csellengtem csellengtél csellengett csellengtünk csellengtetek csellengtek
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. csellengni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. csellengék csellengél csellenge csellengénk csellengétek csellengének
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. cselleng vala, csellengett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. csellengendek csellengendesz csellengend csellengendünk csellengendetek csellengendenek
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. csellengnék csellengnél csellengne csellengnénk csellengnétek csellengnének
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. csellengett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. csellengjek csellengj or
csellengjél
csellengjen csellengjünk csellengjetek csellengjenek
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. csellengett légyen
infinitive csellengni csellengnem csellengned csellengnie csellengnünk csellengnetek csellengniük
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
csellengés csellengő csellengett csellengve (csellengvén)
Potential conjugation of cselleng
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. csellenghetek csellenghetsz csellenghet csellenghetünk csellenghettek csellenghetnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. csellenghettem csellenghettél csellenghetett csellenghettünk csellenghettetek csellenghettek
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. csellengheték csellenghetél csellenghete csellengheténk csellenghetétek csellenghetének
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. csellenghet vala, csellenghetett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. csellenghetendek
or csellengandhatok
csellenghetendesz
or csellengandhatsz
csellenghetend
or csellengandhat
csellenghetendünk
or csellengandhatunk
csellenghetendetek
or csellengandhattok
csellenghetendenek
or csellengandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. csellenghetnék csellenghetnél csellenghetne csellenghetnénk csellenghetnétek csellenghetnének
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. csellenghetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. csellenghessek csellenghess or
csellenghessél
csellenghessen csellenghessünk csellenghessetek csellenghessenek
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. csellenghetett légyen
infinitive (csellenghetni) (csellenghetnem) (csellenghetned) (csellenghetnie) (csellenghetnünk) (csellenghetnetek) (csellenghetniük)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(csellenghetve / csellenghetvén)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ cselleng 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

  • cselleng in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • cselleng in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).