hebeg

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛbɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: he‧beg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

hebeg

1. (intransitive) to stammer, falter (to speak hesitantly, with pauses, due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)

   Synonyms: habog, dadog

2. (transitive) to stammer (to utter something hesitantly, with pauses, due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)

   Synonyms: habog, dadog

   Félek tőle – hebegte. ― “I’m afraid of him”, she stammered.

3. (transitive, intransitive, rare) to stutter (to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds)

   Synonym: dadog

Conjugation

conjugation of hebeg

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.	hebegek	hebegsz	hebeg	hebegünk	hebegtek	hebegnek
		Def.	hebegem	hebeged	hebegi	hebegjük	hebegitek	hebegik
		2nd-p. o.	hebeglek	―
	Past	Indef.	hebegtem	hebegtél	hebegett	hebegtünk	hebegtetek	hebegtek
		Def.	hebegtem	hebegted	hebegte	hebegtük	hebegtétek	hebegték
		2nd-p. o.	hebegtelek	―
	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. hebegni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	hebegék	hebegél	hebege	hebegénk	hebegétek	hebegének
		Def.	hebegém	hebegéd	hebegé	hebegénk	hebegétek	hebegék
		2nd-p. o.	hebegélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. hebeg vala, hebegett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	hebegendek	hebegendesz	hebegend	hebegendünk	hebegendetek	hebegendenek
		Def.	hebegendem	hebegended	hebegendi	hebegendjük	hebegenditek	hebegendik
		2nd-p. o.	hebegendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	hebegnék	hebegnél	hebegne	hebegnénk	hebegnétek	hebegnének
		Def.	hebegném	hebegnéd	hebegné	hebegnénk (or hebegnők)	hebegnétek	hebegnék
		2nd-p. o.	hebegnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hebegett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	hebegjek	hebegj or hebegjél	hebegjen	hebegjünk	hebegjetek	hebegjenek
		Def.	hebegjem	hebegd or hebegjed	hebegje	hebegjük	hebegjétek	hebegjék
		2nd-p. o.	hebegjelek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hebegett légyen
Infinitive	hebegni		hebegnem	hebegned	hebegnie	hebegnünk	hebegnetek	hebegniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	hebegés		hebegő	hebegett	hebegendő	hebegve (hebegvén)
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 hebeg

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.	hebeghetek	hebeghetsz	hebeghet	hebeghetünk	hebeghettek	hebeghetnek
		Def.	hebeghetem	hebegheted	hebegheti	hebeghetjük	hebeghetitek	hebeghetik
		2nd-p. o.	hebeghetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	hebeghettem	hebeghettél	hebeghetett	hebeghettünk	hebeghettetek	hebeghettek
		Def.	hebeghettem	hebeghetted	hebeghette	hebeghettük	hebeghettétek	hebeghették
		2nd-p. o.	hebeghettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	hebegheték	hebeghetél	hebeghete	hebegheténk	hebeghetétek	hebeghetének
		Def.	hebeghetém	hebeghetéd	hebegheté	hebegheténk	hebeghetétek	hebegheték
		2nd-p. o.	hebeghetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. hebeghet vala, hebeghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	hebeghetendek or hebegandhatok	hebeghetendesz or hebegandhatsz	hebeghetend or hebegandhat	hebeghetendünk or hebegandhatunk	hebeghetendetek or hebegandhattok	hebeghetendenek or hebegandhatnak
		Def.	hebeghetendem or hebegandhatom	hebeghetended or hebegandhatod	hebeghetendi or hebegandhatja	hebeghetendjük or hebegandhatjuk	hebeghetenditek or hebegandhatjátok	hebeghetendik or hebegandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	hebeghetendelek or hebegandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	hebeghetnék	hebeghetnél	hebeghetne	hebeghetnénk	hebeghetnétek	hebeghetnének
		Def.	hebeghetném	hebeghetnéd	hebeghetné	hebeghetnénk (or hebeghetnők)	hebeghetnétek	hebeghetnék
		2nd-p. o.	hebeghetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. hebeghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	hebeghessek	hebeghess or hebeghessél	hebeghessen	hebeghessünk	hebeghessetek	hebeghessenek
		Def.	hebeghessem	hebeghesd or hebeghessed	hebeghesse	hebeghessük	hebeghessétek	hebeghessék
		2nd-p. o.	hebeghesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. hebeghetett légyen
Inf.	(hebeghetni)		(hebeghetnem)	(hebeghetned)	(hebeghetnie)	(hebeghetnünk)	(hebeghetnetek)	(hebeghetniük)
Positive adjective			hebeghető	Neg. adj.	hebeghetetlen	Adv. part.	(hebeghetve / hebeghetvén)

Derived terms

• hebegés

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• elhebeg
• összehebeg

Further reading

• hebeg 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