tapint

Hungarian

Etymology

From the dialectal verb top ~ tap (to push down, to walk on all fours) of onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) origin + -int (instantaneous-causative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɒpint]
Hyphenation: ta‧pint
Rhymes: -int

Verb

tapint

(transitive) to touch

Conjugation

conjugation of tapint

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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.	tapintok	tapintasz	tapint	tapintunk	tapintotok	tapintanak
		Def.	tapintom	tapintod	tapintja	tapintjuk	tapintjátok	tapintják
		2nd-p. o.	tapintalak	―
	Past	Indef.	tapintottam	tapintottál	tapintott	tapintottunk	tapintottatok	tapintottak
		Def.	tapintottam	tapintottad	tapintotta	tapintottuk	tapintottátok	tapintották
		2nd-p. o.	tapintottalak	―
	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. tapintani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tapinték	tapintál	tapinta	tapintánk	tapintátok	tapintának
		Def.	tapintám	tapintád	tapintá	tapintánk	tapintátok	tapinták
		2nd-p. o.	tapintálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tapint vala, tapintott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tapintandok	tapintandasz	tapintand	tapintandunk	tapintandotok	tapintandanak
		Def.	tapintandom	tapintandod	tapintandja	tapintandjuk	tapintandjátok	tapintandják
		2nd-p. o.	tapintandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	tapintanék	tapintanál	tapintana	tapintanánk	tapintanátok	tapintanának
		Def.	tapintanám	tapintanád	tapintaná	tapintanánk (or tapintanók)	tapintanátok	tapintanák
		2nd-p. o.	tapintanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tapintott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	tapintsak	tapints or tapintsál	tapintson	tapintsunk	tapintsatok	tapintsanak
		Def.	tapintsam	tapintsd or tapintsad	tapintsa	tapintsuk	tapintsátok	tapintsák
		2nd-p. o.	tapintsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tapintott légyen
Infinitive	tapintani		tapintanom	tapintanod	tapintania	tapintanunk	tapintanotok	tapintaniuk
Other forms	tapintás		tapintó	tapintott	tapintandó	tapintva (tapintván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of tapint

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.	tapinthatok	tapinthatsz	tapinthat	tapinthatunk	tapinthattok	tapinthatnak
		Def.	tapinthatom	tapinthatod	tapinthatja	tapinthatjuk	tapinthatjátok	tapinthatják
		2nd-p. o.	tapinthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	tapinthattam	tapinthattál	tapinthatott	tapinthattunk	tapinthattatok	tapinthattak
		Def.	tapinthattam	tapinthattad	tapinthatta	tapinthattuk	tapinthattátok	tapinthatták
		2nd-p. o.	tapinthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tapinthaték	tapinthatál	tapinthata	tapinthatánk	tapinthatátok	tapinthatának
		Def.	tapinthatám	tapinthatád	tapinthatá	tapinthatánk	tapinthatátok	tapinthaták
		2nd-p. o.	tapinthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. tapinthat vala, tapinthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tapinthatandok or tapintandhatok	tapinthatandasz or tapintandhatsz	tapinthatand or tapintandhat	tapinthatandunk or tapintandhatunk	tapinthatandotok or tapintandhattok	tapinthatandanak or tapintandhatnak
		Def.	tapinthatandom or tapintandhatom	tapinthatandod or tapintandhatod	tapinthatandja or tapintandhatja	tapinthatandjuk or tapintandhatjuk	tapinthatandjátok or tapintandhatjátok	tapinthatandják or tapintandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	tapinthatandalak or tapintandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	tapinthatnék	tapinthatnál	tapinthatna	tapinthatnánk	tapinthatnátok	tapinthatnának
		Def.	tapinthatnám	tapinthatnád	tapinthatná	tapinthatnánk (or tapinthatnók)	tapinthatnátok	tapinthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	tapinthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tapinthatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	tapinthassak	tapinthass or tapinthassál	tapinthasson	tapinthassunk	tapinthassatok	tapinthassanak
		Def.	tapinthassam	tapinthasd or tapinthassad	tapinthassa	tapinthassuk	tapinthassátok	tapinthassák
		2nd-p. o.	tapinthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tapinthatott légyen
Inf.	(tapinthatni)		(tapinthatnom)	(tapinthatnod)	(tapinthatnia)	(tapinthatnunk)	(tapinthatnotok)	(tapinthatniuk)
Positive adjective			tapintható	Neg. adj.	tapinthatatlan	Adv. part.	(tapinthatva / tapinthatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

kitapint
megtapint
rátapint

References

tapint 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.)