settenkedik

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic stem evoking the sound of slow foot-dragging + -kedik (verb-forming suffix).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛtːɛŋkɛdik]
Hyphenation: set‧ten‧ke‧dik
Rhymes: -ɛdik

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Verb

settenkedik

(intransitive) to sneak, to creep (to move furtively, stealthily)
Tegnap rajtakaptam, hogy settenkedett a fáskamra körül. ― Yesterday I caught him/her sneaking around the woodshed.

Conjugation

conjugation of settenkedik

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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.	settenkedem or settenkedek	settenkedsz	settenkedik	settenkedünk	settenkedtek	settenkednek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	settenkedtem	settenkedtél	settenkedett	settenkedtünk	settenkedtetek	settenkedtek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	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. settenkedni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	settenkedék or settenkedém	settenkedél	settenkede or settenkedék	settenkedénk	settenkedétek	settenkedének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. settenkedik vala, settenkedett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	settenkedendek (or settenkedendem)	settenkedendesz (or settenkedendel)	settenkedend (or settenkedendik*)	settenkedendünk	settenkedendetek	settenkedendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	settenkednék (or settenkedném)	settenkednél	settenkedne (or settenkednék*)	settenkednénk	settenkednétek	settenkednének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. settenkedett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	settenkedjek or settenkedjem	settenkedj or settenkedjél	settenkedjen or settenkedjék	settenkedjünk	settenkedjetek	settenkedjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. settenkedett légyen
Infinitive	settenkedni		settenkednem	settenkedned	settenkednie	settenkednünk	settenkednetek	settenkedniük
Other forms	settenkedés		settenkedő	settenkedett	―	settenkedve (settenkedvén)

potential conjugation of settenkedik

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.	settenkedhetek (or settenkedhetem)	settenkedhetsz (or settenkedhetel)	settenkedhet (or settenkedhetik)	settenkedhetünk	settenkedhettek	settenkedhetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	settenkedhettem	settenkedhettél	settenkedhetett	settenkedhettünk	settenkedhettetek	settenkedhettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	settenkedheték or settenkedhetém	settenkedhetél	settenkedhete or settenkedheték	settenkedheténk	settenkedhetétek	settenkedhetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. settenkedhet vala, settenkedhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	settenkedhetendek or settenkedandhatok (or settenkedhetendem or settenkedandhatom)	settenkedhetendesz or settenkedandhatsz (or settenkedhetendel or settenkedandhatol)	settenkedhetend or settenkedandhat (or settenkedhetendik or settenkedandhatik*)	settenkedhetendünk or settenkedandhatunk	settenkedhetendetek or settenkedandhattok	settenkedhetendenek or settenkedandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	settenkedhetnék (or settenkedhetném)	settenkedhetnél	settenkedhetne (or settenkedhetnék*)	settenkedhetnénk	settenkedhetnétek	settenkedhetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. settenkedhetett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	settenkedhessek (or settenkedhessem)	settenkedhess or settenkedhessél	settenkedhessen (or settenkedhessék)	settenkedhessünk	settenkedhessetek	settenkedhessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. settenkedhetett légyen
Inf.	(settenkedhetni)		(settenkedhetnem)	(settenkedhetned)	(settenkedhetnie)	(settenkedhetnünk)	(settenkedhetnetek)	(settenkedhetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(settenkedhetve / settenkedhetvén)

Derived terms

settenkedés

(With verbal prefixes):

References

^ settenkedik in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN