rábukkan

Hungarian

Etymology

rá- +‎ bukkan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraːbukːɒn]
• Hyphenation: rá‧buk‧kan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

rábukkan

1. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to stumble upon, chance, chance upon, come across (to discover or find something or somebody by accident)

   rábukkan a megoldásra ― to stumble upon the solution

Conjugation

Conjugation of rábukkan

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.	rábukkanok	rábukkansz	rábukkan	rábukkanunk	rábukkantok	rábukkannak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	rábukkantam	rábukkantál	rábukkant	rábukkantunk	rábukkantatok	rábukkantak
			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. rá fog bukkanni.
archaic preterite		indef.	rábukkanék	rábukkanál	rábukkana	rábukkanánk	rábukkanátok	rábukkanának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rábukkan vala, rábukkant vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	rábukkanandok	rábukkanandasz	rábukkanand	rábukkanandunk	rábukkanandotok	rábukkanandanak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	rábukkannék	rábukkannál	rábukkanna	rábukkannánk	rábukkannátok	rábukkannának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rábukkant volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	rábukkanjak	rábukkanj or rábukkanjál	rábukkanjon	rábukkanjunk	rábukkanjatok	rábukkanjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rábukkant légyen
infinitive	rábukkanni		rábukkannom	rábukkannod	rábukkannia	rábukkannunk	rábukkannotok	rábukkanniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	rábukkanás		rábukkanó	rábukkant	―	rábukkanva (rábukkanván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem bukkan rá or rá is bukkan.

Potential conjugation of rábukkan

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.	rábukkanhatok	rábukkanhatsz	rábukkanhat	rábukkanhatunk	rábukkanhattok	rábukkanhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	rábukkanhattam	rábukkanhattál	rábukkanhatott	rábukkanhattunk	rábukkanhattatok	rábukkanhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	rábukkanhaték	rábukkanhatál	rábukkanhata	rábukkanhatánk	rábukkanhatátok	rábukkanhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rábukkanhat vala, rábukkanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	rábukkanhatandok or rábukkanandhatok	rábukkanhatandasz or rábukkanandhatsz	rábukkanhatand or rábukkanandhat	rábukkanhatandunk or rábukkanandhatunk	rábukkanhatandotok or rábukkanandhattok	rábukkanhatandanak or rábukkanandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	rábukkanhatnék	rábukkanhatnál	rábukkanhatna	rábukkanhatnánk	rábukkanhatnátok	rábukkanhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rábukkanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	rábukkanhassak	rábukkanhass or rábukkanhassál	rábukkanhasson	rábukkanhassunk	rábukkanhassatok	rábukkanhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rábukkanhatott légyen
infinitive	(rábukkanhatni)		(rábukkanhatnom)	(rábukkanhatnod)	(rábukkanhatnia)	(rábukkanhatnunk)	(rábukkanhatnotok)	(rábukkanhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(rábukkanhatva / rábukkanhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem bukkanhat rá or rá is bukkanhat.

Derived terms

• rábukkanás

Further reading

• rábukkan 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.