elpattan

Hungarian

Etymology

From el- +‎ pattan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlpɒtːɒn]
• Hyphenation: el‧pat‧tan

Verb

elpattan

1. (intransitive) to pop, break, snap (of a string etc.), crack (of glass), burst (of a bubble or vessel)

   Elpattant a hegedű húrja. ― The violin string snapped.

   Az olajlámpa üvege hirtelen elpattant. ― The chimney of the oil lamp suddenly cracked.

   Elpattant egy kis ér a bal szememben. ― A small blood vessel burst in my left eye.

2. (intransitive) to spring away, rebound, bounce off

   A labda elpattant a focista lábáról. ― The ball bounced off the footballer's foot.

Conjugation

Conjugation of elpattan

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.	elpattanok	elpattansz	elpattan	elpattanunk	elpattantok	elpattannak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
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		past	indef.	elpattantam	elpattantál	elpattant	elpattantunk	elpattantatok	elpattantak
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		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 pattanni.
archaic preterite		indef.	elpattanék	elpattanál	elpattana	elpattanánk	elpattanátok	elpattanának
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archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elpattan vala, elpattant vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	elpattanandok	elpattanandasz	elpattanand	elpattanandunk	elpattanandotok	elpattanandanak
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	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	elpattannék	elpattannál	elpattanna	elpattannánk	elpattannátok	elpattannának
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	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elpattant volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	elpattanjak	elpattanj or elpattanjál	elpattanjon	elpattanjunk	elpattanjatok	elpattanjanak
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(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elpattant légyen
infinitive	elpattanni		elpattannom	elpattannod	elpattannia	elpattannunk	elpattannotok	elpattanniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	elpattanás		elpattanó	elpattant	―	elpattanva (elpattanván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem pattan el or el is pattan.

Potential conjugation of elpattan

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.	elpattanhatok	elpattanhatsz	elpattanhat	elpattanhatunk	elpattanhattok	elpattanhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	elpattanhattam	elpattanhattál	elpattanhatott	elpattanhattunk	elpattanhattatok	elpattanhattak
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archaic preterite		indef.	elpattanhaték	elpattanhatál	elpattanhata	elpattanhatánk	elpattanhatátok	elpattanhatának
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		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elpattanhat vala, elpattanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	elpattanhatandok or elpattanandhatok	elpattanhatandasz or elpattanandhatsz	elpattanhatand or elpattanandhat	elpattanhatandunk or elpattanandhatunk	elpattanhatandotok or elpattanandhattok	elpattanhatandanak or elpattanandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	elpattanhatnék	elpattanhatnál	elpattanhatna	elpattanhatnánk	elpattanhatnátok	elpattanhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elpattanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	elpattanhassak	elpattanhass or elpattanhassál	elpattanhasson	elpattanhassunk	elpattanhassatok	elpattanhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elpattanhatott légyen
infinitive	(elpattanhatni)		(elpattanhatnom)	(elpattanhatnod)	(elpattanhatnia)	(elpattanhatnunk)	(elpattanhatnotok)	(elpattanhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(elpattanhatva / elpattanhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem pattanhat el or el is pattanhat.

Derived terms

• elpattanás
• elpattanó
• elpattant

Expressions

• elpattan egy húr

Further reading

• elpattan 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.
• elpattan 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).