hibban

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Hungarian

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic imitating the sound of slipping or skidding + -an (instantaneous suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

hibban

  1. (intransitive, of a person) Only used in meghibban (to go crazy, become unhinged, to become mentally disturbed)
    Synonyms: megzavarodik, megháborodik
  2. (intransitive, dialectal, archaic without a verbal prefix) to become imbalanced (to lose its balance)
    Synonym: meghibban

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • hibban (…) meg, meg … hibbanmeghibban

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ hibban 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.)

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