percen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

Related terms

• 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.

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