ketyeg

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛcɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: ke‧tyeg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

ketyeg

1. (intransitive) to tick (to make a clicking noise similar to an analog clock; see tik-tak)

   Synonym: tiktakol

Conjugation

conjugation of ketyeg

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.	ketyegek	ketyegsz	ketyeg	ketyegünk	ketyegtek	ketyegnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ketyegtem	ketyegtél	ketyegett	ketyegtünk	ketyegtetek	ketyegtek
		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. ketyegni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ketyegék	ketyegél	ketyege	ketyegénk	ketyegétek	ketyegének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ketyeg vala, ketyegett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ketyegendek	ketyegendesz	ketyegend	ketyegendünk	ketyegendetek	ketyegendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ketyegnék	ketyegnél	ketyegne	ketyegnénk	ketyegnétek	ketyegnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ketyegett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ketyegjek	ketyegj or ketyegjél	ketyegjen	ketyegjünk	ketyegjetek	ketyegjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ketyegett légyen
Infinitive	ketyegni		ketyegnem	ketyegned	ketyegnie	ketyegnünk	ketyegnetek	ketyegniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	ketyegés		ketyegő	ketyegett	―	ketyegve (ketyegvén)

potential conjugation of ketyeg

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.	ketyeghetek	ketyeghetsz	ketyeghet	ketyeghetünk	ketyeghettek	ketyeghetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ketyeghettem	ketyeghettél	ketyeghetett	ketyeghettünk	ketyeghettetek	ketyeghettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ketyegheték	ketyeghetél	ketyeghete	ketyegheténk	ketyeghetétek	ketyeghetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ketyeghet vala, ketyeghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ketyeghetendek or ketyegandhatok	ketyeghetendesz or ketyegandhatsz	ketyeghetend or ketyegandhat	ketyeghetendünk or ketyegandhatunk	ketyeghetendetek or ketyegandhattok	ketyeghetendenek or ketyegandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ketyeghetnék	ketyeghetnél	ketyeghetne	ketyeghetnénk	ketyeghetnétek	ketyeghetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ketyeghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ketyeghessek	ketyeghess or ketyeghessél	ketyeghessen	ketyeghessünk	ketyeghessetek	ketyeghessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ketyeghetett légyen
Inf.	(ketyeghetni)		(ketyeghetnem)	(ketyeghetned)	(ketyeghetnie)	(ketyeghetnünk)	(ketyeghetnetek)	(ketyeghetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(ketyeghetve / ketyeghetvén)

Derived terms

• ketyegés

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• beketyeg
• beleketyeg
• elketyeg
• kiketyeg
• leketyeg
• ráketyeg

Further reading

• ketyeg 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