kopog
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same sound-imitative root as koppant (“to rap, to strike a quick, light blow”), kopácsol (“to hammer”), koppan (“to thud”) + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkopoɡ]
- Hyphenation: ko‧pog
- Rhymes: -oɡ
Verb
kopog
- (intransitive) to knock (on or at something -n/-on/-en/-ön)
- Synonyms: kopogtat, zörget
- Valaki kopog az ajtón! ― Somebody is knocking at the door!
- Kopog a szemem az éhségtől! (idiomatic) ― I am starving!
- (intransitive, of woodpecker) to tap, knock, hammer
- Synonym: kopácsol
- A harkály kopog a fán. ― The woodpecker is knocking on the tree.
- (intransitive, of rain) to patter, rattle (on something -n/-on/-en/-ön)
- Synonym: dobol
- Az eső kopog a háztetőn. ― The rain is pattering on the roof.
- (transitive) to clack (to make clicking noises while typing on a keyboard, typewriter or telegraph)
Conjugation
conjugation of kopog
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. | kopogok | kopogsz | kopog | kopogunk | kopogtok | kopognak |
Def. | kopogom | kopogod | kopogja | kopogjuk | kopogjátok | kopogják | ||
2nd-p. o. | kopoglak | ― | ||||||
Past | Indef. | kopogtam | kopogtál | kopogott | kopogtunk | kopogtatok | kopogtak | |
Def. | kopogtam | kopogtad | kopogta | kopogtuk | kopogtátok | kopogták | ||
2nd-p. o. | kopogtalak | ― | ||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kopognék | kopognál | kopogna | kopognánk | kopognátok | kopognának |
Def. | kopognám | kopognád | kopogná | kopognánk (or kopognók) |
kopognátok | kopognák | ||
2nd-p. o. | kopognálak | ― | ||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kopogjak | kopogj or kopogjál |
kopogjon | kopogjunk | kopogjatok | kopogjanak |
Def. | kopogjam | kopogd or kopogjad |
kopogja | kopogjuk | kopogjátok | kopogják | ||
2nd-p. o. | kopogjalak | ― | ||||||
Infinitive | kopogni | kopognom | kopognod | kopognia | kopognunk | kopognotok | kopogniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
kopogás | kopogó | kopogott | kopogandó | kopogva | kopoghat |
References
- kopog 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
- kopog 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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