elront
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
elront
- (transitive) to put out of order (equipment), to damage
- (transitive) to spoil (children), to corrupt (humans)
- (transitive) to impair (health)
- (transitive) to botch, to bungle, to mess up, to make a mess of, to screw up
Conjugation
conjugation of elront
| 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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elrontok | elrontasz | elront | elrontunk | elrontotok | elrontanak | |
| Def. | elrontom | elrontod | elrontja | elrontjuk | elrontjátok | elrontják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elrontalak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | elrontottam | elrontottál | elrontott | elrontottunk | elrontottatok | elrontottak | ||
| Def. | elrontottam | elrontottad | elrontotta | elrontottuk | elrontottátok | elrontották | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elrontottalak | ― | |||||||
| 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. el fog rontani. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elronték | elrontál | elronta | elrontánk | elrontátok | elrontának | ||
| Def. | elrontám | elrontád | elrontá | elrontánk | elrontátok | elronták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elrontálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elront vala, elrontott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elrontandok | elrontandasz | elrontand | elrontandunk | elrontandotok | elrontandanak | ||
| Def. | elrontandom | elrontandod | elrontandja | elrontandjuk | elrontandjátok | elrontandják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elrontandalak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elrontanék | elrontanál | elrontana | elrontanánk | elrontanátok | elrontanának | |
| Def. | elrontanám | elrontanád | elrontaná | elrontanánk (or elrontanók) |
elrontanátok | elrontanák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elrontanálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elrontott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elrontsak | elronts or elrontsál |
elrontson | elrontsunk | elrontsatok | elrontsanak | |
| Def. | elrontsam | elrontsd or elrontsad |
elrontsa | elrontsuk | elrontsátok | elrontsák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elrontsalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elrontott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | elrontani | elrontanom | elrontanod | elrontania | elrontanunk | elrontanotok | elrontaniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| elrontás | elrontó | elrontott | elrontandó | elrontva (elrontván) | elrontat | ||||
| 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). | |||||||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ront el or el is ront. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of elront
| 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. | elronthatok | elronthatsz | elronthat | elronthatunk | elronthattok | elronthatnak | |
| Def. | elronthatom | elronthatod | elronthatja | elronthatjuk | elronthatjátok | elronthatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elronthatlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | elronthattam | elronthattál | elronthatott | elronthattunk | elronthattatok | elronthattak | ||
| Def. | elronthattam | elronthattad | elronthatta | elronthattuk | elronthattátok | elronthatták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elronthattalak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elronthaték | elronthatál | elronthata | elronthatánk | elronthatátok | elronthatának | ||
| Def. | elronthatám | elronthatád | elronthatá | elronthatánk | elronthatátok | elronthaták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elronthatálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elronthat vala, elronthatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elronthatandok or elrontandhatok |
elronthatandasz or elrontandhatsz |
elronthatand or elrontandhat |
elronthatandunk or elrontandhatunk |
elronthatandotok or elrontandhattok |
elronthatandanak or elrontandhatnak | ||
| Def. | elronthatandom or elrontandhatom |
elronthatandod or elrontandhatod |
elronthatandja or elrontandhatja |
elronthatandjuk or elrontandhatjuk |
elronthatandjátok or elrontandhatjátok |
elronthatandják or elrontandhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elronthatandalak or elrontandhatlak |
― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elronthatnék | elronthatnál | elronthatna | elronthatnánk | elronthatnátok | elronthatnának | |
| Def. | elronthatnám | elronthatnád | elronthatná | elronthatnánk (or elronthatnók) |
elronthatnátok | elronthatnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elronthatnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elronthatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elronthassak | elronthass or elronthassál |
elronthasson | elronthassunk | elronthassatok | elronthassanak | |
| Def. | elronthassam | elronthasd or elronthassad |
elronthassa | elronthassuk | elronthassátok | elronthassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | elronthassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elronthatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (elronthatni) | (elronthatnom) | (elronthatnod) | (elronthatnia) | (elronthatnunk) | (elronthatnotok) | (elronthatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | elrontható | Neg. adj. | elronthatatlan | Adv. part. | (elronthatva / elronthatván) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ronthat el or el is ronthat. | |||||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- elront 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
- elront in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).