elpatkol
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]el- + patkol. First attested in 1708, originally in the sense of 'to depart, to flee'.[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]elpatkol
- (intransitive, slang) to kick the bucket, to snuff it, to croak
- Synonyms: meghal, beadja a kulcsot, feldobja a bakancsot, otthagyja a fogát
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of elpatkol
| 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. | elpatkolok | elpatkolsz | elpatkol | elpatkolunk | elpatkoltok | elpatkolnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elpatkoltam | elpatkoltál | elpatkolt | elpatkoltunk | elpatkoltatok | elpatkoltak | ||
| 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. el fog patkolni. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elpatkolék | elpatkolál | elpatkola | elpatkolánk | elpatkolátok | elpatkolának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elpatkol vala, elpatkolt vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elpatkolandok | elpatkolandasz | elpatkoland | elpatkolandunk | elpatkolandotok | elpatkolandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elpatkolnék | elpatkolnál | elpatkolna | elpatkolnánk | elpatkolnátok | elpatkolnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elpatkolt volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elpatkoljak | elpatkolj or elpatkoljál |
elpatkoljon | elpatkoljunk | elpatkoljatok | elpatkoljanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elpatkolt légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | elpatkolni | elpatkolnom | elpatkolnod | elpatkolnia | elpatkolnunk | elpatkolnotok | elpatkolniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| elpatkolás | elpatkoló | elpatkolt | ― | elpatkolva (elpatkolván) | |||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem patkol el or el is patkol. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of elpatkol
| 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. | elpatkolhatok | elpatkolhatsz | elpatkolhat | elpatkolhatunk | elpatkolhattok | elpatkolhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elpatkolhattam | elpatkolhattál | elpatkolhatott | elpatkolhattunk | elpatkolhattatok | elpatkolhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elpatkolhaték | elpatkolhatál | elpatkolhata | elpatkolhatánk | elpatkolhatátok | elpatkolhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elpatkolhat vala, elpatkolhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elpatkolhatandok or elpatkolandhatok |
elpatkolhatandasz or elpatkolandhatsz |
elpatkolhatand or elpatkolandhat |
elpatkolhatandunk or elpatkolandhatunk |
elpatkolhatandotok or elpatkolandhattok |
elpatkolhatandanak or elpatkolandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elpatkolhatnék | elpatkolhatnál | elpatkolhatna | elpatkolhatnánk | elpatkolhatnátok | elpatkolhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elpatkolhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elpatkolhassak | elpatkolhass or elpatkolhassál |
elpatkolhasson | elpatkolhassunk | elpatkolhassatok | elpatkolhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elpatkolhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (elpatkolhatni) | (elpatkolhatnom) | (elpatkolhatnod) | (elpatkolhatnia) | (elpatkolhatnunk) | (elpatkolhatnotok) | (elpatkolhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (elpatkolhatva / elpatkolhatván) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem patkolhat el or el is patkolhat. | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ elpatkol 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]- elpatkol 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
- elpatkol 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).