pattan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root imitating the sound of a thin object breaking + -an (instantaneous suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒtːɒn]

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• Hyphenation: pat‧tan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

pattan

1. (intransitive, of a whip) to crack
2. (intransitive, of a person) to spring, jump (to move somewhere quickly)
3. (intransitive, rare, literary, figuratively, of a thought or idea) to spring forth (to come into existence from somewhere, usually someone's mind: -ból/-ből)

   Synonym: kipattan

   Ez az ötlet az ő agyából pattant. ― This idea sprung forth from his/her mind.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pattan

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.	pattanok	pattansz	pattan	pattanunk	pattantok	pattannak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	pattantam	pattantál	pattant	pattantunk	pattantatok	pattantak
			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. pattanni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	pattanék	pattanál	pattana	pattanánk	pattanátok	pattanának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pattan vala, pattant vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	pattanandok	pattanandasz	pattanand	pattanandunk	pattanandotok	pattanandanak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	pattannék	pattannál	pattanna	pattannánk	pattannátok	pattannának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pattant volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	pattanjak	pattanj or pattanjál	pattanjon	pattanjunk	pattanjatok	pattanjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pattant légyen
infinitive	pattanni		pattannom	pattannod	pattannia	pattannunk	pattannotok	pattanniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	pattanás		pattanó	pattant	―	pattanva (pattanván)

Potential conjugation of pattan

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.	pattanhatok	pattanhatsz	pattanhat	pattanhatunk	pattanhattok	pattanhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	pattanhattam	pattanhattál	pattanhatott	pattanhattunk	pattanhattatok	pattanhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	pattanhaték	pattanhatál	pattanhata	pattanhatánk	pattanhatátok	pattanhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. pattanhat vala, pattanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	pattanhatandok or pattanandhatok	pattanhatandasz or pattanandhatsz	pattanhatand or pattanandhat	pattanhatandunk or pattanandhatunk	pattanhatandotok or pattanandhattok	pattanhatandanak or pattanandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	pattanhatnék	pattanhatnál	pattanhatna	pattanhatnánk	pattanhatnátok	pattanhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. pattanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	pattanhassak	pattanhass or pattanhassál	pattanhasson	pattanhassunk	pattanhassatok	pattanhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. pattanhatott légyen
infinitive	(pattanhatni)		(pattanhatnom)	(pattanhatnod)	(pattanhatnia)	(pattanhatnunk)	(pattanhatnotok)	(pattanhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(pattanhatva / pattanhatván)

Derived terms

• pattanás
• pattanós

(With verbal prefixes):

• bepattan
• belepattan
• elpattan
• előpattan
• felpattan
• idepattan
• kipattan
• lepattan
• megpattan
• mellépattan
• odapattan
• rápattan
• szétpattan
• visszapattan

Related terms

• pattant
• pattingat
• pattint
• pattog
• pattogat

Further reading

• pattan 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.