percen

Hungarian

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

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
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. percenek percensz percen percenünk percentek percennek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. percentem percentél percent percentünk percentetek percentek
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. percenni fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. percenék percenél percene percenénk percenétek percenének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. percen vala, percent vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. percenendek percenendesz percenend percenendünk percenendetek percenendenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. percennék percennél percenne percennénk percennétek percennének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. percent volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. percenjek percenj or
percenjél		 percenjen percenjünk percenjetek percenjenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. percent légyen
Infinitive percenni percennem percenned percennie percennünk percennetek percenniük
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
percenés percenő percent ― percenve (percenvén)
potential conjugation of percen
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. percenhetek percenhetsz percenhet percenhetünk percenhettek percenhetnek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. percenhettem percenhettél percenhetett percenhettünk percenhettetek percenhettek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. percenheték percenhetél percenhete percenheténk percenhetétek percenhetének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. percenhet vala, percenhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. percenhetendek
or percenandhatok 		percenhetendesz
or percenandhatsz		 percenhetend
or percenandhat		 percenhetendünk
or percenandhatunk		 percenhetendetek
or percenandhattok		 percenhetendenek
or percenandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. percenhetnék percenhetnél percenhetne percenhetnénk percenhetnétek percenhetnének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. percenhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. percenhessek percenhess or
percenhessél		 percenhessen percenhessünk percenhessetek percenhessenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. percenhetett légyen
Inf. (percenhetni) (percenhetnem) (percenhetned) (percenhetnie) (percenhetnünk) (percenhetnetek) (percenhetniük)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (percenhetve / percenhetvén)
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kipercen
  • perceg

Etymology 2

perc +‎ -en (case suffix)

Noun

percen

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

References
  1. percen 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
  • percen 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

Middle English

Etymology

Old French percier.

Verb

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

  1. to pierce
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