ketyeg

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛcɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: ke‧tyeg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

ketyeg

1. (intransitive) to tick (to make a clicking noise similar to an analog clock; see tik-tak)

   Synonym: tiktakol

Conjugation

Conjugation of ketyeg

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.	ketyegek	ketyegsz	ketyeg	ketyegünk	ketyegtek	ketyegnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	ketyegtem	ketyegtél	ketyegett	ketyegtünk	ketyegtetek	ketyegtek
			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. ketyegni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	ketyegék	ketyegél	ketyege	ketyegénk	ketyegétek	ketyegének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ketyeg vala, ketyegett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	ketyegendek	ketyegendesz	ketyegend	ketyegendünk	ketyegendetek	ketyegendenek
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	ketyegnék	ketyegnél	ketyegne	ketyegnénk	ketyegnétek	ketyegnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ketyegett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	ketyegjek	ketyegj or ketyegjél	ketyegjen	ketyegjünk	ketyegjetek	ketyegjenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ketyegett légyen
infinitive	ketyegni		ketyegnem	ketyegned	ketyegnie	ketyegnünk	ketyegnetek	ketyegniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	ketyegés		ketyegő	ketyegett	―	ketyegve (ketyegvén)		ketyegtet

Potential conjugation of ketyeg

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.	ketyeghetek	ketyeghetsz	ketyeghet	ketyeghetünk	ketyeghettek	ketyeghetnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	ketyeghettem	ketyeghettél	ketyeghetett	ketyeghettünk	ketyeghettetek	ketyeghettek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	ketyegheték	ketyeghetél	ketyeghete	ketyegheténk	ketyeghetétek	ketyeghetének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ketyeghet vala, ketyeghetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	ketyeghetendek or ketyegandhatok	ketyeghetendesz or ketyegandhatsz	ketyeghetend or ketyegandhat	ketyeghetendünk or ketyegandhatunk	ketyeghetendetek or ketyegandhattok	ketyeghetendenek or ketyegandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	ketyeghetnék	ketyeghetnél	ketyeghetne	ketyeghetnénk	ketyeghetnétek	ketyeghetnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ketyeghetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	ketyeghessek	ketyeghess or ketyeghessél	ketyeghessen	ketyeghessünk	ketyeghessetek	ketyeghessenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ketyeghetett légyen
infinitive	(ketyeghetni)		(ketyeghetnem)	(ketyeghetned)	(ketyeghetnie)	(ketyeghetnünk)	(ketyeghetnetek)	(ketyeghetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(ketyeghetve / ketyeghetvén)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• beketyeg
• beleketyeg
• elketyeg
• kiketyeg
• leketyeg
• ráketyeg

Further reading

• ketyeg 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.