rombol

See also: romból

Hungarian

Etymology

Of debated origin:

• From Proto-Slavic *rǫbiti, in which case it must have arrived before the late 10th century or from an Eastern South Slavic variant before the late 12th century due to the preserved m, compare galamb, gomba.
• From the same unattested stem of unknown origin as romlik, with the frequentative suffix -bol, cf. dorombol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrombol]
• Hyphenation: rom‧bol
• Rhymes: -ol

Verb

rombol

1. (transitive) to destroy, ravage

Conjugation

conjugation of rombol

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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rombolok	rombolsz	rombol	rombolunk	romboltok	rombolnak
		Def.	rombolom	rombolod	rombolja	romboljuk	romboljátok	rombolják
		2nd-p. o.	rombollak	―
	Past	Indef.	romboltam	romboltál	rombolt	romboltunk	romboltatok	romboltak
		Def.	romboltam	romboltad	rombolta	romboltuk	romboltátok	rombolták
		2nd-p. o.	romboltalak	―
	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. rombolni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rombolék	rombolál	rombola	rombolánk	rombolátok	rombolának
		Def.	rombolám	rombolád	rombolá	rombolánk	rombolátok	rombolák
		2nd-p. o.	rombolálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rombol vala, rombolt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rombolandok	rombolandasz	romboland	rombolandunk	rombolandotok	rombolandanak
		Def.	rombolandom	rombolandod	rombolandja	rombolandjuk	rombolandjátok	rombolandják
		2nd-p. o.	rombolandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rombolnék	rombolnál	rombolna	rombolnánk	rombolnátok	rombolnának
		Def.	rombolnám	rombolnád	rombolná	rombolnánk (or rombolnók)	rombolnátok	rombolnák
		2nd-p. o.	rombolnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rombolt volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	romboljak	rombolj or romboljál	romboljon	romboljunk	romboljatok	romboljanak
		Def.	romboljam	rombold or romboljad	rombolja	romboljuk	romboljátok	rombolják
		2nd-p. o.	romboljalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rombolt légyen
Infinitive	rombolni		rombolnom	rombolnod	rombolnia	rombolnunk	rombolnotok	rombolniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	rombolás		romboló	rombolt	rombolandó	rombolva (rombolván)		romboltat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of rombol

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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rombolhatok	rombolhatsz	rombolhat	rombolhatunk	rombolhattok	rombolhatnak
		Def.	rombolhatom	rombolhatod	rombolhatja	rombolhatjuk	rombolhatjátok	rombolhatják
		2nd-p. o.	rombolhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	rombolhattam	rombolhattál	rombolhatott	rombolhattunk	rombolhattatok	rombolhattak
		Def.	rombolhattam	rombolhattad	rombolhatta	rombolhattuk	rombolhattátok	rombolhatták
		2nd-p. o.	rombolhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rombolhaték	rombolhatál	rombolhata	rombolhatánk	rombolhatátok	rombolhatának
		Def.	rombolhatám	rombolhatád	rombolhatá	rombolhatánk	rombolhatátok	rombolhaták
		2nd-p. o.	rombolhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. rombolhat vala, rombolhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rombolhatandok or rombolandhatok	rombolhatandasz or rombolandhatsz	rombolhatand or rombolandhat	rombolhatandunk or rombolandhatunk	rombolhatandotok or rombolandhattok	rombolhatandanak or rombolandhatnak
		Def.	rombolhatandom or rombolandhatom	rombolhatandod or rombolandhatod	rombolhatandja or rombolandhatja	rombolhatandjuk or rombolandhatjuk	rombolhatandjátok or rombolandhatjátok	rombolhatandják or rombolandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	rombolhatandalak or rombolandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rombolhatnék	rombolhatnál	rombolhatna	rombolhatnánk	rombolhatnátok	rombolhatnának
		Def.	rombolhatnám	rombolhatnád	rombolhatná	rombolhatnánk (or rombolhatnók)	rombolhatnátok	rombolhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	rombolhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rombolhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rombolhassak	rombolhass or rombolhassál	rombolhasson	rombolhassunk	rombolhassatok	rombolhassanak
		Def.	rombolhassam	rombolhasd or rombolhassad	rombolhassa	rombolhassuk	rombolhassátok	rombolhassák
		2nd-p. o.	rombolhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rombolhatott légyen
Inf.	(rombolhatni)		(rombolhatnom)	(rombolhatnod)	(rombolhatnia)	(rombolhatnunk)	(rombolhatnotok)	(rombolhatniuk)
Positive adjective			rombolható	Neg. adj.	rombolhatatlan	Adv. part.	(rombolhatva / rombolhatván)

Derived terms

• rombolás

(With verbal prefixes):

• lerombol
• összerombol
• szétrombol

Further reading

• rombol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN