bolhászkodik
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bolha (“flea”) + -szkodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bolhászkodik
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) to look for fleas (to be searching and cleaning oneself of fleas)
- (intransitive, figuratively, humorous, of a person) to primp (to get ready very slowly; to start or do a task in an unhurried manner)
- Synonyms: tollászkodik, pepecsel, vacakol, totojázik
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of bolhászkodik
| 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. | bolhászkodom or bolhászkodok |
bolhászkodsz | bolhászkodik | bolhászkodunk | bolhászkodtok | bolhászkodnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | bolhászkodtam | bolhászkodtál | bolhászkodott | bolhászkodtunk | bolhászkodtatok | bolhászkodtak | ||
| 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. bolhászkodni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bolhászkodék or bolhászkodám |
bolhászkodál | bolhászkoda or bolhászkodék |
bolhászkodánk | bolhászkodátok | bolhászkodának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bolhászkodik vala, bolhászkodott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | bolhászkodandok (or bolhászkodandom) |
bolhászkodandasz (or bolhászkodandol) |
bolhászkodand (or bolhászkodandik*) |
bolhászkodandunk | bolhászkodandotok | bolhászkodandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bolhászkodnék (or bolhászkodnám) |
bolhászkodnál | bolhászkodna (or bolhászkodnék*) |
bolhászkodnánk | bolhászkodnátok | bolhászkodnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bolhászkodott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bolhászkodjak or bolhászkodjam |
bolhászkodj or bolhászkodjál |
bolhászkodjon or bolhászkodjék |
bolhászkodjunk | bolhászkodjatok | bolhászkodjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bolhászkodott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | bolhászkodni | bolhászkodnom | bolhászkodnod | bolhászkodnia | bolhászkodnunk | bolhászkodnotok | bolhászkodniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| bolhászkodás | bolhászkodó | bolhászkodott | ― | bolhászkodva (bolhászkodván) | |||||
potential conjugation of bolhászkodik
| 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. | bolhászkodhatok (or bolhászkodhatom) |
bolhászkodhatsz (or bolhászkodhatol) |
bolhászkodhat (or bolhászkodhatik) |
bolhászkodhatunk | bolhászkodhattok | bolhászkodhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | bolhászkodhattam | bolhászkodhattál | bolhászkodhatott | bolhászkodhattunk | bolhászkodhattatok | bolhászkodhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bolhászkodhaték or bolhászkodhatám |
bolhászkodhatál | bolhászkodhata or bolhászkodhaték |
bolhászkodhatánk | bolhászkodhatátok | bolhászkodhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. bolhászkodhat vala, bolhászkodhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | bolhászkodhatandok or bolhászkodandhatok (or bolhászkodhatandom or bolhászkodandhatom) |
bolhászkodhatandasz or bolhászkodandhatsz (or bolhászkodhatandol or bolhászkodandhatol) |
bolhászkodhatand or bolhászkodandhat (or bolhászkodhatandik or bolhászkodandhatik*) |
bolhászkodhatandunk or bolhászkodandhatunk |
bolhászkodhatandotok or bolhászkodandhattok |
bolhászkodhatandanak or bolhászkodandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bolhászkodhatnék (or bolhászkodhatnám) |
bolhászkodhatnál | bolhászkodhatna (or bolhászkodhatnék*) |
bolhászkodhatnánk | bolhászkodhatnátok | bolhászkodhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bolhászkodhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bolhászkodhassak (or bolhászkodhassam) |
bolhászkodhass or bolhászkodhassál |
bolhászkodhasson (or bolhászkodhassék) |
bolhászkodhassunk | bolhászkodhassatok | bolhászkodhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bolhászkodhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (bolhászkodhatni) | (bolhászkodhatnom) | (bolhászkodhatnod) | (bolhászkodhatnia) | (bolhászkodhatnunk) | (bolhászkodhatnotok) | (bolhászkodhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (bolhászkodhatva / bolhászkodhatván) | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ bolhászkodik 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
[edit]- bolhászkodik 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
- bolhászkodik 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).