hibban

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic imitating the sound of slipping or skidding + -an (instantaneous suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhibːɒn]
• Hyphenation: hib‧ban
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

hibban

1. (intransitive, of a person) Only used in meghibban (“to go crazy, become unhinged”, to become mentally disturbed)

   Synonyms: megzavarodik, megháborodik

2. (intransitive, dialectal, archaic without a verbal prefix) to become imbalanced (to lose its balance)

   Synonym: meghibban

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• hibban (…) meg, meg … hibban ― meghibban

Conjugation

Conjugation of hibban

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.	hibbanok	hibbansz	hibban	hibbanunk	hibbantok	hibbannak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	hibbantam	hibbantál	hibbant	hibbantunk	hibbantatok	hibbantak
			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. hibbanni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	hibbanék	hibbanál	hibbana	hibbanánk	hibbanátok	hibbanának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hibban vala, hibbant vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	hibbanandok	hibbanandasz	hibbanand	hibbanandunk	hibbanandotok	hibbanandanak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	hibbannék	hibbannál	hibbanna	hibbannánk	hibbannátok	hibbannának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hibbant volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	hibbanjak	hibbanj or hibbanjál	hibbanjon	hibbanjunk	hibbanjatok	hibbanjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hibbant légyen
infinitive	hibbanni		hibbannom	hibbannod	hibbannia	hibbannunk	hibbannotok	hibbanniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	hibbanás		hibbanó	hibbant	―	hibbanva (hibbanván)

Potential conjugation of hibban

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.	hibbanhatok	hibbanhatsz	hibbanhat	hibbanhatunk	hibbanhattok	hibbanhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	hibbanhattam	hibbanhattál	hibbanhatott	hibbanhattunk	hibbanhattatok	hibbanhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	hibbanhaték	hibbanhatál	hibbanhata	hibbanhatánk	hibbanhatátok	hibbanhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hibbanhat vala, hibbanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	hibbanhatandok or hibbanandhatok	hibbanhatandasz or hibbanandhatsz	hibbanhatand or hibbanandhat	hibbanhatandunk or hibbanandhatunk	hibbanhatandotok or hibbanandhattok	hibbanhatandanak or hibbanandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	hibbanhatnék	hibbanhatnál	hibbanhatna	hibbanhatnánk	hibbanhatnátok	hibbanhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hibbanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	hibbanhassak	hibbanhass or hibbanhassál	hibbanhasson	hibbanhassunk	hibbanhassatok	hibbanhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hibbanhatott légyen
infinitive	(hibbanhatni)		(hibbanhatnom)	(hibbanhatnod)	(hibbanhatnia)	(hibbanhatnunk)	(hibbanhatnotok)	(hibbanhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(hibbanhatva / hibbanhatván)

Derived terms

• hibbant

(With verbal prefixes):

• meghibban

Further reading

• meghibban 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.
• hibban in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.