kifon
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kifon
- (transitive) to unplait, to unbraid
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of kifon
| 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. | kifonok | kifonsz | kifon | kifonunk | kifontok | kifonnak | |
| Def. | kifonom | kifonod | kifonja | kifonjuk | kifonjátok | kifonják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | kifontam | kifontál | kifont | kifontunk | kifontatok | kifontak | ||
| Def. | kifontam | kifontad | kifonta | kifontuk | kifontátok | kifonták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifontalak | ― | |||||||
| 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. ki fog fonni. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kifonék | kifonál | kifona | kifonánk | kifonátok | kifonának | ||
| Def. | kifonám | kifonád | kifoná | kifonánk | kifonátok | kifonák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kifon vala, kifont vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | kifonandok | kifonandasz | kifonand | kifonandunk | kifonandotok | kifonandanak | ||
| Def. | kifonandom | kifonandod | kifonandja | kifonandjuk | kifonandjátok | kifonandják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonandalak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kifonnék | kifonnál | kifonna | kifonnánk | kifonnátok | kifonnának | |
| Def. | kifonnám | kifonnád | kifonná | kifonnánk (or kifonnók) |
kifonnátok | kifonnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kifont volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kifonjak | kifonj or kifonjál |
kifonjon | kifonjunk | kifonjatok | kifonjanak | |
| Def. | kifonjam | kifond or kifonjad |
kifonja | kifonjuk | kifonjátok | kifonják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonjalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kifont légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | kifonni | kifonnom | kifonnod | kifonnia | kifonnunk | kifonnotok | kifonniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| kifonás | kifonó | kifont | kifonandó | kifonva (kifonván) | kifonat | ||||
| The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem fon ki or ki is fon. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of kifon
| 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. | kifonhatok | kifonhatsz | kifonhat | kifonhatunk | kifonhattok | kifonhatnak | |
| Def. | kifonhatom | kifonhatod | kifonhatja | kifonhatjuk | kifonhatjátok | kifonhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonhatlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | kifonhattam | kifonhattál | kifonhatott | kifonhattunk | kifonhattatok | kifonhattak | ||
| Def. | kifonhattam | kifonhattad | kifonhatta | kifonhattuk | kifonhattátok | kifonhatták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonhattalak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kifonhaték | kifonhatál | kifonhata | kifonhatánk | kifonhatátok | kifonhatának | ||
| Def. | kifonhatám | kifonhatád | kifonhatá | kifonhatánk | kifonhatátok | kifonhaták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonhatálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kifonhat vala, kifonhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | kifonhatandok or kifonandhatok |
kifonhatandasz or kifonandhatsz |
kifonhatand or kifonandhat |
kifonhatandunk or kifonandhatunk |
kifonhatandotok or kifonandhattok |
kifonhatandanak or kifonandhatnak | ||
| Def. | kifonhatandom or kifonandhatom |
kifonhatandod or kifonandhatod |
kifonhatandja or kifonandhatja |
kifonhatandjuk or kifonandhatjuk |
kifonhatandjátok or kifonandhatjátok |
kifonhatandják or kifonandhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonhatandalak or kifonandhatlak |
― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kifonhatnék | kifonhatnál | kifonhatna | kifonhatnánk | kifonhatnátok | kifonhatnának | |
| Def. | kifonhatnám | kifonhatnád | kifonhatná | kifonhatnánk (or kifonhatnók) |
kifonhatnátok | kifonhatnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonhatnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kifonhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kifonhassak | kifonhass or kifonhassál |
kifonhasson | kifonhassunk | kifonhassatok | kifonhassanak | |
| Def. | kifonhassam | kifonhasd or kifonhassad |
kifonhassa | kifonhassuk | kifonhassátok | kifonhassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | kifonhassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kifonhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (kifonhatni) | (kifonhatnom) | (kifonhatnod) | (kifonhatnia) | (kifonhatnunk) | (kifonhatnotok) | (kifonhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | kifonható | Neg. adj. | kifonhatatlan | Adv. part. | (kifonhatva / kifonhatván) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem fonhat ki or ki is fonhat. | |||||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- kifon 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