ellentmond

Hungarian

Etymology

ellent (“against”) +‎ mond (“to say”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlːɛntmond]
• Hyphenation: el‧lent‧mond
• Rhymes: -ond

Verb

ellentmond

1. (intransitive) to contradict, oppose

Conjugation

conjugation of ellentmond

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.	ellentmondok	ellentmondasz	ellentmond	ellentmondunk	ellentmondotok or ellentmondtok	ellentmondanak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ellentmondtam	ellentmondtál	ellentmondott	ellentmondtunk	ellentmondtatok	ellentmondtak
		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. ellent fog mondani.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ellentmondék	ellentmondál	ellentmonda	ellentmondánk	ellentmondátok	ellentmondának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ellentmond vala, ellentmondott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ellentmondandok	ellentmondandasz	ellentmondand	ellentmondandunk	ellentmondandotok	ellentmondandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ellentmondanék	ellentmondanál	ellentmondana	ellentmondanánk	ellentmondanátok	ellentmondanának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ellentmondott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ellentmondjak	ellentmondj or ellentmondjál	ellentmondjon	ellentmondjunk	ellentmondjatok	ellentmondjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ellentmondott légyen
Infinitive	ellentmondani		ellentmondanom	ellentmondanod	ellentmondania	ellentmondanunk	ellentmondanotok	ellentmondaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	ellentmondás		ellentmondó	ellentmondott	―	ellentmondva (ellentmondván)		ellentmondat
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mond ellent or ellent is mond.

potential conjugation of ellentmond

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.	ellentmondhatok	ellentmondhatsz	ellentmondhat	ellentmondhatunk	ellentmondhattok	ellentmondhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ellentmondhattam	ellentmondhattál	ellentmondhatott	ellentmondhattunk	ellentmondhattatok	ellentmondhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ellentmondhaték	ellentmondhatál	ellentmondhata	ellentmondhatánk	ellentmondhatátok	ellentmondhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ellentmondhat vala, ellentmondhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ellentmondhatandok or ellentmondandhatok	ellentmondhatandasz or ellentmondandhatsz	ellentmondhatand or ellentmondandhat	ellentmondhatandunk or ellentmondandhatunk	ellentmondhatandotok or ellentmondandhattok	ellentmondhatandanak or ellentmondandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ellentmondhatnék	ellentmondhatnál	ellentmondhatna	ellentmondhatnánk	ellentmondhatnátok	ellentmondhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ellentmondhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ellentmondhassak	ellentmondhass or ellentmondhassál	ellentmondhasson	ellentmondhassunk	ellentmondhassatok	ellentmondhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ellentmondhatott légyen
Inf.	(ellentmondhatni)		(ellentmondhatnom)	(ellentmondhatnod)	(ellentmondhatnia)	(ellentmondhatnunk)	(ellentmondhatnotok)	(ellentmondhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(ellentmondhatva / ellentmondhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mondhat ellent or ellent is mondhat.

Derived terms

• ellentmondás → ellentmondásos

 

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

Further reading

• ellentmond 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
• ellentmond 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).