harsan

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒrʃɒn]
  • Hyphenation: har‧san
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

harsan

  1. (intransitive, literary) to blare, sound (to make a loud sound such as of a trumpet)
    Arra ébredtem, hogy kürtszó harsant. ― I woke up to the blare of a trumpet.
  2. (intransitive, rare, of a voice) to blare (to proclaim loudly sounding like the blare of a trumpet)

Conjugation
conjugation of harsan
Click for archaic forms 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. harsanok harsansz harsan harsanunk harsantok harsannak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. harsantam harsantál harsant harsantunk harsantatok harsantak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. harsanni fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. harsanék harsanál harsana harsanánk harsanátok harsanának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. harsan vala, harsant vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. harsanandok harsanandasz harsanand harsanandunk harsanandotok harsanandanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. harsannék harsannál harsanna harsannánk harsannátok harsannának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. harsant volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. harsanjak harsanj or
harsanjál		 harsanjon harsanjunk harsanjatok harsanjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. harsant légyen
Infinitive harsanni harsannom harsannod harsannia harsannunk harsannotok harsanniuk
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
harsanás harsanó harsant ― harsanva (harsanván)
potential conjugation of harsan
Click for archaic forms 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. harsanhatok harsanhatsz harsanhat harsanhatunk harsanhattok harsanhatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. harsanhattam harsanhattál harsanhatott harsanhattunk harsanhattatok harsanhattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. harsanhaték harsanhatál harsanhata harsanhatánk harsanhatátok harsanhatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. harsanhat vala, harsanhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. harsanhatandok
or harsanandhatok 		harsanhatandasz
or harsanandhatsz		 harsanhatand
or harsanandhat		 harsanhatandunk
or harsanandhatunk		 harsanhatandotok
or harsanandhattok		 harsanhatandanak
or harsanandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. harsanhatnék harsanhatnál harsanhatna harsanhatnánk harsanhatnátok harsanhatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. harsanhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. harsanhassak harsanhass or
harsanhassál		 harsanhasson harsanhassunk harsanhassatok harsanhassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. harsanhatott légyen
Inf. (harsanhatni) (harsanhatnom) (harsanhatnod) (harsanhatnia) (harsanhatnunk) (harsanhatnotok) (harsanhatniuk)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (harsanhatva / harsanhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beharsan
  • elharsan
  • felharsan
  • megharsan
  • végigharsan

References
  1. harsan 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
  • harsan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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