kacsint

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒt͡ʃint]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧csint
  • Rhymes: -int

Etymology 1

Possibly from an obsolete verb sense from a combined noun and verb term in the sense “to curve; curvature” [its noun counterpart being kacs (“tendril”)] + an instantaneous verb suffix -int. Its original meaning may have been “to look askew”.[1]

Verb

kacsint

  1. (intransitive) to wink (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy)
  2. (intransitive, informal, rare) to cast a furtive glance (from aside), to look secretly somewhere
Conjugation
conjugation of kacsint
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. kacsintok kacsintasz kacsint kacsintunk kacsintotok kacsintanak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. kacsintottam kacsintottál kacsintott kacsintottunk kacsintottatok kacsintottak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kacsintanék kacsintanál kacsintana kacsintanánk kacsintanátok kacsintanának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kacsintsak kacsints or
kacsintsál		 kacsintson kacsintsunk kacsintsatok kacsintsanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive kacsintani kacsintanom kacsintanod kacsintania kacsintanunk kacsintanotok kacsintaniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
kacsintás kacsintó kacsintott ― kacsintva kacsinthat
Derived terms
  • kacsingat
  • kacsintás
  • kacsintgat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átkacsint
  • hátrakacsint
  • idekacsint
  • kikacsint
  • odakacsint
  • összekacsint
  • rákacsint
  • visszakacsint

Etymology 2

kacsin (“Kachin”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Adjective

kacsint

  1. accusative singular of kacsin

Noun

kacsint

  1. accusative singular of kacsin

References
  1. kacsint 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.)

Further reading
  • kacsint 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
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