kapkod
Hungarian
editEtymology
editkap + -kod (frequentative verb-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkapkod
- (intransitive) to grip, grab, snatch, catch (followed by után or -ért) (to repeatedly trying to reach for something in order to grab it)
- Synonym: kapdos
- Elvesztette az egyensúlyát és az ajtófélfa után kapkodott. ― He lost his balance and grabbed for the door frame.
- levegő után kapkod ― to gasp for breath/air, to be short of breath
- (transitive, of a product) to snap up (to buy something quickly due to popularity)
- Kapkodják a koncertjegyeket. ― The concert tickets are snapped up fast.
- (intransitive) to hurry, fluster (to act in haste, in disorderly confusion, without plans)
- Ne kapkodj! ― Don't be so hasty!
- (transitive, of clothing) to throw on (used with the inflected reflexive pronoun magamra, magadra, magára etc.) (to hastily put on clothes)
- Magára kapkodta a ruháját. ― She threw on her clothes.
Conjugation
editconjugation of kapkod
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | kapkodok | kapkodsz | kapkod | kapkodunk | kapkodtok | kapkodnak | |
Def. | kapkodom | kapkodod | kapkodja | kapkodjuk | kapkodjátok | kapkodják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | kapkodtam | kapkodtál | kapkodott | kapkodtunk | kapkodtatok | kapkodtak | ||
Def. | kapkodtam | kapkodtad | kapkodta | kapkodtuk | kapkodtátok | kapkodták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodtalak | ― | |||||||
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. kapkodni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kapkodék | kapkodál | kapkoda | kapkodánk | kapkodátok | kapkodának | ||
Def. | kapkodám | kapkodád | kapkodá | kapkodánk | kapkodátok | kapkodák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kapkod vala, kapkodott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | kapkodandok | kapkodandasz | kapkodand | kapkodandunk | kapkodandotok | kapkodandanak | ||
Def. | kapkodandom | kapkodandod | kapkodandja | kapkodandjuk | kapkodandjátok | kapkodandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kapkodnék | kapkodnál | kapkodna | kapkodnánk | kapkodnátok | kapkodnának | |
Def. | kapkodnám | kapkodnád | kapkodná | kapkodnánk (or kapkodnók) |
kapkodnátok | kapkodnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kapkodott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kapkodjak | kapkodj or kapkodjál |
kapkodjon | kapkodjunk | kapkodjatok | kapkodjanak | |
Def. | kapkodjam | kapkodd or kapkodjad |
kapkodja | kapkodjuk | kapkodjátok | kapkodják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodjalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kapkodott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | kapkodni | kapkodnom | kapkodnod | kapkodnia | kapkodnunk | kapkodnotok | kapkodniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
kapkodás | kapkodó | kapkodott | kapkodandó | kapkodva (kapkodván) | |||||
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 kapkod
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | kapkodhatok | kapkodhatsz | kapkodhat | kapkodhatunk | kapkodhattok | kapkodhatnak | |
Def. | kapkodhatom | kapkodhatod | kapkodhatja | kapkodhatjuk | kapkodhatjátok | kapkodhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodhatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | kapkodhattam | kapkodhattál | kapkodhatott | kapkodhattunk | kapkodhattatok | kapkodhattak | ||
Def. | kapkodhattam | kapkodhattad | kapkodhatta | kapkodhattuk | kapkodhattátok | kapkodhatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodhattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kapkodhaték | kapkodhatál | kapkodhata | kapkodhatánk | kapkodhatátok | kapkodhatának | ||
Def. | kapkodhatám | kapkodhatád | kapkodhatá | kapkodhatánk | kapkodhatátok | kapkodhaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodhatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kapkodhat vala, kapkodhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | kapkodhatandok or kapkodandhatok |
kapkodhatandasz or kapkodandhatsz |
kapkodhatand or kapkodandhat |
kapkodhatandunk or kapkodandhatunk |
kapkodhatandotok or kapkodandhattok |
kapkodhatandanak or kapkodandhatnak | ||
Def. | kapkodhatandom or kapkodandhatom |
kapkodhatandod or kapkodandhatod |
kapkodhatandja or kapkodandhatja |
kapkodhatandjuk or kapkodandhatjuk |
kapkodhatandjátok or kapkodandhatjátok |
kapkodhatandják or kapkodandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodhatandalak or kapkodandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kapkodhatnék | kapkodhatnál | kapkodhatna | kapkodhatnánk | kapkodhatnátok | kapkodhatnának | |
Def. | kapkodhatnám | kapkodhatnád | kapkodhatná | kapkodhatnánk (or kapkodhatnók) |
kapkodhatnátok | kapkodhatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodhatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kapkodhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kapkodhassak | kapkodhass or kapkodhassál |
kapkodhasson | kapkodhassunk | kapkodhassatok | kapkodhassanak | |
Def. | kapkodhassam | kapkodhasd or kapkodhassad |
kapkodhassa | kapkodhassuk | kapkodhassátok | kapkodhassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kapkodhassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kapkodhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (kapkodhatni) | (kapkodhatnom) | (kapkodhatnod) | (kapkodhatnia) | (kapkodhatnunk) | (kapkodhatnotok) | (kapkodhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | kapkodható | Neg. adj. | kapkodhatatlan | Adv. part. | (kapkodhatva / kapkodhatván) | ||||
Derived terms
edit(With verbal prefixes):
Further reading
edit- kapkod 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