pattan

Hungarian

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root imitating the sound of a thin object breaking + -an (instantaneous suffix).[1]

pattan

(intransitive, of a whip) to crack
(intransitive, of a person) to spring, jump (to move somewhere quickly)
(intransitive, rare, literary, figuratively, of a thought or idea) to spring forth (to come into existence from somewhere, usually someone's mind: -ból/-ből)
Ez az ötlet az ő agyából pattant. ― This idea sprung forth from his/her mind.

Synonym: kipattan

conjugation of pattan

			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.	pattanok	pattansz	pattan	pattanunk	pattantok	pattannak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	pattantam	pattantál	pattant	pattantunk	pattantatok	pattantak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	pattannék	pattannál	pattanna	pattannánk	pattannátok	pattannának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	pattanjak	pattanj or pattanjál	pattanjon	pattanjunk	pattanjatok	pattanjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	pattanni		pattannom	pattannod	pattannia	pattannunk	pattannotok	pattanniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			pattanás	pattanó	pattant	―	pattanva	pattanhat

(With verbal prefixes):

pattan 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.)