pattan

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root imitating the sound of a thin object breaking + -an (instantaneous suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pat‧tan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

pattan

  1. (intransitive, of a whip) to crack
  2. (intransitive, of a person) to spring, jump (to move somewhere quickly)
  3. (intransitive, rare, literary, figuratively, of a thought or idea) to spring forth (to come into existence from somewhere, usually someone's mind: -ból/-ből)
    Synonym: kipattan
    Ez az ötlet az ő agyából pattant.This idea sprung forth from his/her mind.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ pattan 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

  • pattan 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