bukkan

Hungarian

Etymology

From bukik +‎ -an (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbukːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: buk‧kan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

bukkan

  1. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to stumble upon (to discover or find something or somebody by accident)
    aranyra bukkan ― to find gold
  2. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to appear, emerge, to become visible suddenly
    felszínre bukkan ― to rise to the surface

Conjugation
conjugation of bukkan
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. bukkanok bukkansz bukkan bukkanunk bukkantok bukkannak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. bukkantam bukkantál bukkant bukkantunk bukkantatok bukkantak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. bukkannék bukkannál bukkanna bukkannánk bukkannátok bukkannának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. bukkanjak bukkanj or
bukkanjál		 bukkanjon bukkanjunk bukkanjatok bukkanjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive bukkanni bukkannom bukkannod bukkannia bukkannunk bukkannotok bukkanniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
bukkanás bukkanó bukkant ― bukkanva bukkanhat

Derived terms
  • bukkanás
  • bukkanó

(With verbal prefixes):

References
  1. bukkan 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
  • bukkan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bukkan in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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