retteg

Hungarian

Etymology

From a sound-imitative root + -eg.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtːɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: ret‧teg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

retteg

1. (intransitive) to dread (to fear greatly)
2. (transitive, poetic) to be afraid of

   Nem rettegi a halált. ― He is not afraid of death.

Conjugation

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.	rettegek	rettegsz	retteg	rettegünk	rettegtek	rettegnek
		Def.	rettegem	retteged	rettegi	rettegjük	rettegitek	rettegik
		2nd-p. o.	retteglek	―
	Past	Indef.	rettegtem	rettegtél	rettegett	rettegtünk	rettegtetek	rettegtek
		Def.	rettegtem	rettegted	rettegte	rettegtük	rettegtétek	rettegték
		2nd-p. o.	rettegtelek	―
	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. rettegni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rettegék	rettegél	rettege	rettegénk	rettegétek	rettegének
		Def.	rettegém	rettegéd	rettegé	rettegénk	rettegétek	rettegék
		2nd-p. o.	rettegélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. retteg vala, rettegett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rettegendek	rettegendesz	rettegend	rettegendünk	rettegendetek	rettegendenek
		Def.	rettegendem	rettegended	rettegendi	rettegendjük	rettegenditek	rettegendik
		2nd-p. o.	rettegendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rettegnék	rettegnél	rettegne	rettegnénk	rettegnétek	rettegnének
		Def.	rettegném	rettegnéd	rettegné	rettegnénk (or rettegnők)	rettegnétek	rettegnék
		2nd-p. o.	rettegnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rettegett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rettegjek	rettegj or rettegjél	rettegjen	rettegjünk	rettegjetek	rettegjenek
		Def.	rettegjem	rettegd or rettegjed	rettegje	rettegjük	rettegjétek	rettegjék
		2nd-p. o.	rettegjelek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rettegett légyen
Infinitive	rettegni		rettegnem	rettegned	rettegnie	rettegnünk	rettegnetek	rettegniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	rettegés		rettegő	rettegett	rettegendő	rettegve (rettegvén)		rettegtet
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).

conjugation of retteg

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.	retteghetek	retteghetsz	retteghet	retteghetünk	retteghettek	retteghetnek
		Def.	retteghetem	rettegheted	rettegheti	retteghetjük	retteghetitek	retteghetik
		2nd-p. o.	retteghetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	retteghettem	retteghettél	retteghetett	retteghettünk	retteghettetek	retteghettek
		Def.	retteghettem	retteghetted	retteghette	retteghettük	retteghettétek	retteghették
		2nd-p. o.	retteghettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rettegheték	retteghetél	retteghete	rettegheténk	retteghetétek	retteghetének
		Def.	retteghetém	retteghetéd	rettegheté	rettegheténk	retteghetétek	rettegheték
		2nd-p. o.	retteghetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. retteghet vala, retteghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	retteghetendek or rettegandhatok	retteghetendesz or rettegandhatsz	retteghetend or rettegandhat	retteghetendünk or rettegandhatunk	retteghetendetek or rettegandhattok	retteghetendenek or rettegandhatnak
		Def.	retteghetendem or rettegandhatom	retteghetended or rettegandhatod	retteghetendi or rettegandhatja	retteghetendjük or rettegandhatjuk	retteghetenditek or rettegandhatjátok	retteghetendik or rettegandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	retteghetendelek or rettegandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	retteghetnék	retteghetnél	retteghetne	retteghetnénk	retteghetnétek	retteghetnének
		Def.	retteghetném	retteghetnéd	retteghetné	retteghetnénk (or retteghetnők)	retteghetnétek	retteghetnék
		2nd-p. o.	retteghetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. retteghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	retteghessek	retteghess or retteghessél	retteghessen	retteghessünk	retteghessetek	retteghessenek
		Def.	retteghessem	retteghesd or retteghessed	retteghesse	retteghessük	retteghessétek	retteghessék
		2nd-p. o.	retteghesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. retteghetett légyen
Inf.	(retteghetni)		(retteghetnem)	(retteghetned)	(retteghetnie)	(retteghetnünk)	(retteghetnetek)	(retteghetniük)
Positive adjective			retteghető	Neg. adj.	retteghetetlen	Adv. part.	(retteghetve / retteghetvén)

potential conjugation of retteg

Derived terms

• rettegés

 

Related terms

• retten → megretten etc.

 

References

1. retteg 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

• retteg 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