bukkan

Hungarian

Etymology

From bukik +‎ -an (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukːɒn]
• Hyphenation: buk‧kan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

bukkan

1. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to stumble upon (to discover or find something or somebody by accident)

   aranyra bukkan ― to find gold

2. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to appear, emerge, to become visible suddenly

   felszínre bukkan ― to rise to the surface

Conjugation

Conjugation of bukkan

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.	bukkanok	bukkansz	bukkan	bukkanunk	bukkantok	bukkannak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	bukkantam	bukkantál	bukkant	bukkantunk	bukkantatok	bukkantak
			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. bukkanni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	bukkanék	bukkanál	bukkana	bukkanánk	bukkanátok	bukkanának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bukkan vala, bukkant vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	bukkanandok	bukkanandasz	bukkanand	bukkanandunk	bukkanandotok	bukkanandanak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	bukkannék	bukkannál	bukkanna	bukkannánk	bukkannátok	bukkannának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bukkant volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	bukkanjak	bukkanj or bukkanjál	bukkanjon	bukkanjunk	bukkanjatok	bukkanjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bukkant légyen
infinitive	bukkanni		bukkannom	bukkannod	bukkannia	bukkannunk	bukkannotok	bukkanniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	bukkanás		bukkanó	bukkant	―	bukkanva (bukkanván)

Potential conjugation of bukkan

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.	bukkanhatok	bukkanhatsz	bukkanhat	bukkanhatunk	bukkanhattok	bukkanhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	bukkanhattam	bukkanhattál	bukkanhatott	bukkanhattunk	bukkanhattatok	bukkanhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	bukkanhaték	bukkanhatál	bukkanhata	bukkanhatánk	bukkanhatátok	bukkanhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bukkanhat vala, bukkanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	bukkanhatandok or bukkanandhatok	bukkanhatandasz or bukkanandhatsz	bukkanhatand or bukkanandhat	bukkanhatandunk or bukkanandhatunk	bukkanhatandotok or bukkanandhattok	bukkanhatandanak or bukkanandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	bukkanhatnék	bukkanhatnál	bukkanhatna	bukkanhatnánk	bukkanhatnátok	bukkanhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bukkanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	bukkanhassak	bukkanhass or bukkanhassál	bukkanhasson	bukkanhassunk	bukkanhassatok	bukkanhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bukkanhatott légyen
infinitive	(bukkanhatni)		(bukkanhatnom)	(bukkanhatnod)	(bukkanhatnia)	(bukkanhatnunk)	(bukkanhatnotok)	(bukkanhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(bukkanhatva / bukkanhatván)

Derived terms

• bukkanás
• bukkanó

(With verbal prefixes):

• előbukkan
• felbukkan
• kibukkan
• rábukkan

Further reading

• bukkan 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.
• bukkan 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).