settenkedik

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic stem evoking the sound of slow foot-dragging + -kedik (verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛtːɛŋkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: set‧ten‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik

Verb

settenkedik

  1. (intransitive) to sneak, to creep (to move furtively, stealthily)
    Tegnap rajtakaptam, hogy settenkedett a fáskamra körül. ― Yesterday I caught him/her sneaking around the woodshed.

Conjugation
conjugation of settenkedik
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. settenkedem or
settenkedek		 settenkedsz settenkedik settenkedünk settenkedtek settenkednek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. settenkedtem settenkedtél settenkedett settenkedtünk settenkedtetek settenkedtek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. settenkednék settenkednél settenkedne settenkednénk settenkednétek settenkednének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. settenkedjek  or
settenkedjem		 settenkedj or
settenkedjél		 settenkedjen or
settenkedjék		 settenkedjünk settenkedjetek settenkedjenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive settenkedni settenkednem settenkedned settenkednie settenkednünk settenkednetek settenkedniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
settenkedés settenkedő settenkedett ― settenkedve settenkedhet

Derived terms
  • settenkedés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • besettenkedik
  • idesettenkedik
  • kisettenkedik
  • lesettenkedik
  • odasettenkedik
  • visszasettenkedik

References
  1. settenkedik 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.)
  2. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading
  • settenkedik 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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