dobban

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdobːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix). The root is possibly related to dob (“drum”).[1]

Verb

dobban

  1. (intransitive) to thud, boom (to make a dull and deep sound)
  2. (intransitive, of the heart) to throb, pound (to give a strong thud)
  3. (intransitive, archaic, literary) to flump (to fall with a dull sound)
Conjugation
conjugation of dobban
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. dobbanok dobbansz dobban dobbanunk dobbantok dobbannak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. dobbantam dobbantál dobbant dobbantunk dobbantatok dobbantak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. dobbannék dobbannál dobbanna dobbannánk dobbannátok dobbannának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. dobbanjak dobbanj or
dobbanjál		 dobbanjon dobbanjunk dobbanjatok dobbanjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive dobbanni dobbannom dobbannod dobbannia dobbannunk dobbannotok dobbanniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
dobbanás dobbanó dobbant ― dobbanva dobbanhat
Derived terms
  • dobbanat
  • dobbanás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • feldobban
  • hazadobban
  • kidobban
  • ledobban
  • megdobban
  • odadobban
  • összedobban
  • visszadobban

Etymology 2

dob (“drum”) +‎ -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix)

Noun

dobban

  1. inessive singular of dob

References
  1. dobban 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
  • dobban 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
  • dobban 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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