hab (“foam”) + -ozik (verb-forming suffix). Its original meaning was “to undulate” (in the waves); this to and fro movement formed the basis of its current meaning of hesitation (compare wave and waver).
habozik
| 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. | habozok | habozol | habozik | habozunk | haboztok | haboznak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | haboztam | haboztál | habozott | haboztunk | haboztatok | haboztak | ||
| 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. habozni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | habozék | habozál | haboza | habozánk | habozátok | habozának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. habozik vala, habozott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | habozandok | habozandasz | habozand | habozandunk | habozandotok | habozandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | haboznék | haboznál | habozna | haboznánk | haboznátok | haboznának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. habozott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | habozzak | habozz or habozzál |
habozzon | habozzunk | habozzatok | habozzanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. habozott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | habozni | haboznom | haboznod | haboznia | haboznunk | haboznotok | habozniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| habozás | habozó | habozott | ― | habozva (habozván) | |||||
| 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 | |||
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| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | habozhatok | habozhatsz | habozhat | habozhatunk | habozhattok | habozhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | habozhattam | habozhattál | habozhatott | habozhattunk | habozhattatok | habozhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | habozhaték | habozhatál | habozhata | habozhatánk | habozhatátok | habozhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. habozhat vala, habozhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | habozhatandok or habozandhatok |
habozhatandasz or habozandhatsz |
habozhatand or habozandhat |
habozhatandunk or habozandhatunk |
habozhatandotok or habozandhattok |
habozhatandanak or habozandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | habozhatnék | habozhatnál | habozhatna | habozhatnánk | habozhatnátok | habozhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. habozhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | habozhassak | habozhass or habozhassál |
habozhasson | habozhassunk | habozhassatok | habozhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. habozhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (habozhatni) | (habozhatnom) | (habozhatnod) | (habozhatnia) | (habozhatnunk) | (habozhatnotok) | (habozhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (habozhatva / habozhatván) | ||||