percen

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡sɛn]
  • Hyphenation: per‧cen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

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

Verb

percen

  1. (intransitive, rare, of quill pen) to scrape, scratch (to make one small scraping sound)
  2. (intransitive, rare, of woodworm) to tick (to make one clicking sound)
Conjugation
conjugation of percen
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. percenek percensz percen percenünk percentek percennek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. percentem percentél percent percentünk percentetek percentek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. percennék percennél percenne percennénk percennétek percennének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. percenjek percenj or
percenjél		 percenjen percenjünk percenjetek percenjenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive percenni percennem percenned percennie percennünk percennetek percenniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
percenés percenő percent ― percenve percenhet
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kipercen
  • perceg

Etymology 2

perc +‎ -en (case suffix)

Noun

percen

  1. superessive singular of perc
    Öt percen belül ott leszek. ― I will be there within five minutes.

References
  1. percen 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
  • percen 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

Middle English

Etymology

Old French percier.

Verb

percen (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percende, percynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle perced)

  1. to pierce
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