kattan

English

Noun

kattan (uncountable)

  1. (India, historical) The waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.

References

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: kat‧tan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

kattan

  1. (intransitive) to click (to make one short clicking sound)

Conjugation
conjugation of kattan
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. kattanok kattansz kattan kattanunk kattantok kattannak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. kattantam kattantál kattant kattantunk kattantatok kattantak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kattannék kattannál kattanna kattannánk kattannátok kattannának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. kattanjak kattanj or
kattanjál		 kattanjon kattanjunk kattanjatok kattanjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive kattanni kattannom kattannod kattannia kattannunk kattannotok kattanniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
kattanás kattanó kattant ― kattanva kattanhat

Derived terms
  • kattanás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átkattan
  • bekattan
  • belekattan
  • elkattan
  • felkattan
  • helyrekattan
  • kikattan
  • lekattan
  • megkattan
  • összekattan
  • rákattan
  • visszakattan

References
  1. kattan 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
  • kattan 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

Swedish

Noun

kattan

  1. definite singular of katta.

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