dadog

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒdoɡ]
• Hyphenation: da‧dog
• Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

dadog

1. (transitive, intransitive) to stutter, stammer, falter (to speak with pauses, either due to a medical condition or due to excitement, fear or embarrassment)

   Synonyms: habog, hebeg

Conjugation

conjugation of dadog

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.	dadogok	dadogsz	dadog	dadogunk	dadogtok	dadognak
		Def.	dadogom	dadogod	dadogja	dadogjuk	dadogjátok	dadogják
		2nd-p. o.	dadoglak	―
	Past	Indef.	dadogtam	dadogtál	dadogott	dadogtunk	dadogtatok	dadogtak
		Def.	dadogtam	dadogtad	dadogta	dadogtuk	dadogtátok	dadogták
		2nd-p. o.	dadogtalak	―
	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. dadogni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	dadogék	dadogál	dadoga	dadogánk	dadogátok	dadogának
		Def.	dadogám	dadogád	dadogá	dadogánk	dadogátok	dadogák
		2nd-p. o.	dadogálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. dadog vala, dadogott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	dadogandok	dadogandasz	dadogand	dadogandunk	dadogandotok	dadogandanak
		Def.	dadogandom	dadogandod	dadogandja	dadogandjuk	dadogandjátok	dadogandják
		2nd-p. o.	dadogandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dadognék	dadognál	dadogna	dadognánk	dadognátok	dadognának
		Def.	dadognám	dadognád	dadogná	dadognánk (or dadognók)	dadognátok	dadognák
		2nd-p. o.	dadognálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dadogott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dadogjak	dadogj or dadogjál	dadogjon	dadogjunk	dadogjatok	dadogjanak
		Def.	dadogjam	dadogd or dadogjad	dadogja	dadogjuk	dadogjátok	dadogják
		2nd-p. o.	dadogjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dadogott légyen
Infinitive	dadogni		dadognom	dadognod	dadognia	dadognunk	dadognotok	dadogniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	dadogás		dadogó	dadogott	dadogandó	dadogva (dadogván)		dadogtat
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 dadog

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.	dadoghatok	dadoghatsz	dadoghat	dadoghatunk	dadoghattok	dadoghatnak
		Def.	dadoghatom	dadoghatod	dadoghatja	dadoghatjuk	dadoghatjátok	dadoghatják
		2nd-p. o.	dadoghatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	dadoghattam	dadoghattál	dadoghatott	dadoghattunk	dadoghattatok	dadoghattak
		Def.	dadoghattam	dadoghattad	dadoghatta	dadoghattuk	dadoghattátok	dadoghatták
		2nd-p. o.	dadoghattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	dadoghaték	dadoghatál	dadoghata	dadoghatánk	dadoghatátok	dadoghatának
		Def.	dadoghatám	dadoghatád	dadoghatá	dadoghatánk	dadoghatátok	dadoghaták
		2nd-p. o.	dadoghatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. dadoghat vala, dadoghatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	dadoghatandok or dadogandhatok	dadoghatandasz or dadogandhatsz	dadoghatand or dadogandhat	dadoghatandunk or dadogandhatunk	dadoghatandotok or dadogandhattok	dadoghatandanak or dadogandhatnak
		Def.	dadoghatandom or dadogandhatom	dadoghatandod or dadogandhatod	dadoghatandja or dadogandhatja	dadoghatandjuk or dadogandhatjuk	dadoghatandjátok or dadogandhatjátok	dadoghatandják or dadogandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	dadoghatandalak or dadogandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dadoghatnék	dadoghatnál	dadoghatna	dadoghatnánk	dadoghatnátok	dadoghatnának
		Def.	dadoghatnám	dadoghatnád	dadoghatná	dadoghatnánk (or dadoghatnók)	dadoghatnátok	dadoghatnák
		2nd-p. o.	dadoghatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dadoghatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dadoghassak	dadoghass or dadoghassál	dadoghasson	dadoghassunk	dadoghassatok	dadoghassanak
		Def.	dadoghassam	dadoghasd or dadoghassad	dadoghassa	dadoghassuk	dadoghassátok	dadoghassák
		2nd-p. o.	dadoghassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dadoghatott légyen
Inf.	(dadoghatni)		(dadoghatnom)	(dadoghatnod)	(dadoghatnia)	(dadoghatnunk)	(dadoghatnotok)	(dadoghatniuk)
Positive adjective			dadogható	Neg. adj.	dadoghatatlan	Adv. part.	(dadoghatva / dadoghatván)

Derived terms

• dadogás

(With verbal prefixes):

• eldadog

Further reading

• dadog 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

Further reading

• dadog 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
• dadog in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)