pattan

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒtːɒn]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pat‧tan

Verb

pattan

  1. (intransitive) to crack (whip)
  2. (intransitive) to spring, jump

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bepattan
  • elpattan
  • előpattan
  • felpattan
  • kipattan
  • lepattan
  • megpattan
  • rápattan
  • szétpattan
  • visszapattan

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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