percen

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡sɛn]
  • Hyphenation: per‧cen

Etymology 1

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

Verb

percen

  1. (intransitive, rare, of quill pen) to scrape, scratch (to make one small scraping sound)
  2. (intransitive, rare, of woodworm) to tick (to make one clicking sound)
Conjugation
conjugation of percen
Infinitive percenni
Past participle percent
Present participle percenő
Future participle -
Adverbial participle percenve
Potential percenhet
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 percenek percensz percen percenünk percentek percennek
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite percentem percentél percent percentünk percentetek percentek
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite percennék percennél percenne percennénk percennétek percennének
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite percenjek percenj
or
percenjél		 percenjen percenjünk percenjetek percenjenek
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive percennem percenned percennie percennünk percennetek percenniük
  • perceg

Etymology 2

perc +‎ -en (case suffix)

Noun

percen

  1. superessive singular of perc
    Öt percen belül ott leszek. ― I will be there in five minutes.

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

Middle English

Etymology

Old French percier.

Verb

percen (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percende, simple past and past participle perced)

  1. to pierce
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