biccent

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbit͡sːɛnt]
• Hyphenation: bic‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

biccent

1. (intransitive) to nod (to incline the head down and up once, to indicate agreement or greeting)

   Synonym: bólint

Conjugation

Conjugation of biccent

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	biccentek	biccentesz	biccent	biccentünk	biccentetek	biccentenek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	biccentettem	biccentettél	biccentett	biccentettünk	biccentettetek	biccentettek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		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. biccenteni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	biccenték	biccentél	biccente	biccenténk	biccentétek	biccentének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. biccent vala, biccentett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	biccentendek	biccentendesz	biccentend	biccentendünk	biccentendetek	biccentendenek
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	biccentenék	biccentenél	biccentene	biccentenénk	biccentenétek	biccentenének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. biccentett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	biccentsek	biccents or biccentsél	biccentsen	biccentsünk	biccentsetek	biccentsenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. biccentett légyen
infinitive	biccenteni		biccentenem	biccentened	biccentenie	biccentenünk	biccentenetek	biccenteniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	biccentés		biccentő	biccentett	―	biccentve (biccentvén)

Potential conjugation of biccent

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	biccenthetek	biccenthetsz	biccenthet	biccenthetünk	biccenthettek	biccenthetnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	biccenthettem	biccenthettél	biccenthetett	biccenthettünk	biccenthettetek	biccenthettek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	biccentheték	biccenthetél	biccenthete	biccentheténk	biccenthetétek	biccenthetének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. biccenthet vala, biccenthetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	biccenthetendek or biccentandhatok	biccenthetendesz or biccentandhatsz	biccenthetend or biccentandhat	biccenthetendünk or biccentandhatunk	biccenthetendetek or biccentandhattok	biccenthetendenek or biccentandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	biccenthetnék	biccenthetnél	biccenthetne	biccenthetnénk	biccenthetnétek	biccenthetnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. biccenthetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	biccenthessek	biccenthess or biccenthessél	biccenthessen	biccenthessünk	biccenthessetek	biccenthessenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. biccenthetett légyen
infinitive	(biccenthetni)		(biccenthetnem)	(biccenthetned)	(biccenthetnie)	(biccenthetnünk)	(biccenthetnetek)	(biccenthetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(biccenthetve / biccenthetvén)

Derived terms

• biccentés

(With verbal prefixes):

• előrebiccent
• helyrebiccent
• lebiccent
• megbiccent
• odabiccent
• rábiccent

Further reading

• biccent in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• biccent in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).