pattog

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as pattan + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ ˈpɒtːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: pat‧tog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

pattog

  1. (intransitive) to crackle, pop (to make a popping sound repetitively)
    Pattogott a tűz.The fire crackled.
    Pattogott a füle.His/her ears popped.
    A hátsó udvarban pattogott a labda.The ball was bouncing in the backyard.
  2. (intransitive, figurative, of a person) to snap (to speak angrily, abruptly or sharply)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • pattogás
  • pattogós

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belepattog
  • felpattog
  • kipattog
  • lepattog
  • visszapattog
  • pattan
  • pattant
  • pattingat
  • pattint
  • pattogat

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

Further reading

  • pattog 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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