mereng

Hungarian

Etymology

mer (“to ladle”) +‎ -eng (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛrɛŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: me‧reng

Verb

mereng

  1. (intransitive, literary) ponder, ruminate, muse, daydream (to be lost in thought/reverie for a length of time)
    Synonyms: ábrándozik, álmodozik, mélázik, révedezik

Conjugation
conjugation of mereng
Infinitive merengeni
Past participle merengett
Present participle merengő
Future participle -
Adverbial participle merengve
Potential merenghet
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite merengek merengesz mereng merengünk merengetek
or
merengtek		 merengenek
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite merengtem merengtél merengett merengtünk merengtetek merengtek
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite merengenék merengenél merengene merengenénk merengenétek merengenének
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite merengjek merengj
or
merengjél		 merengjen merengjünk merengjetek merengjenek
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive merengenem merengened merengenie merengenünk merengenetek merengeniük

or

conjugation of mereng
Infinitive merengni
Past participle merengett
Present participle merengő
Future participle -
Adverbial participle merengve
Potential merenghet
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite merengek merengsz mereng merengünk merengtek merengnek
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite merengtem merengtél merengett merengtünk merengtetek merengtek
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite merengnék merengnél merengne merengnénk merengnétek merengnének
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite merengjek merengj
or
merengjél		 merengjen merengjünk merengjetek merengjenek
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive merengnem merengned merengnie merengnünk merengnetek merengniük

Derived terms
  • merengés

(With verbal prefixes):

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
  2. mereng in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading
  • mereng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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