ellentmond
Hungarian
editEtymology
editellent (“against”) + mond (“to say”)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editellentmond
- (intransitive) to contradict, oppose
Conjugation
editconjugation of ellentmond
| 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. | ellentmondok | ellentmondasz | ellentmond | ellentmondunk | ellentmondotok or ellentmondtok |
ellentmondanak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | ellentmondtam | ellentmondtál | ellentmondott | ellentmondtunk | ellentmondtatok | ellentmondtak | ||
| 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. ellent fog mondani. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | ellentmondék | ellentmondál | ellentmonda | ellentmondánk | ellentmondátok | ellentmondának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ellentmond vala, ellentmondott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | ellentmondandok | ellentmondandasz | ellentmondand | ellentmondandunk | ellentmondandotok | ellentmondandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | ellentmondanék | ellentmondanál | ellentmondana | ellentmondanánk | ellentmondanátok | ellentmondanának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ellentmondott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | ellentmondjak | ellentmondj or ellentmondjál |
ellentmondjon | ellentmondjunk | ellentmondjatok | ellentmondjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ellentmondott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | ellentmondani | ellentmondanom | ellentmondanod | ellentmondania | ellentmondanunk | ellentmondanotok | ellentmondaniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| ellentmondás | ellentmondó | ellentmondott | ― | ellentmondva (ellentmondván) | ellentmondat | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mond ellent or ellent is mond. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of ellentmond
| 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. | ellentmondhatok | ellentmondhatsz | ellentmondhat | ellentmondhatunk | ellentmondhattok | ellentmondhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | ellentmondhattam | ellentmondhattál | ellentmondhatott | ellentmondhattunk | ellentmondhattatok | ellentmondhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | ellentmondhaték | ellentmondhatál | ellentmondhata | ellentmondhatánk | ellentmondhatátok | ellentmondhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ellentmondhat vala, ellentmondhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | ellentmondhatandok or ellentmondandhatok |
ellentmondhatandasz or ellentmondandhatsz |
ellentmondhatand or ellentmondandhat |
ellentmondhatandunk or ellentmondandhatunk |
ellentmondhatandotok or ellentmondandhattok |
ellentmondhatandanak or ellentmondandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | ellentmondhatnék | ellentmondhatnál | ellentmondhatna | ellentmondhatnánk | ellentmondhatnátok | ellentmondhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ellentmondhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | ellentmondhassak | ellentmondhass or ellentmondhassál |
ellentmondhasson | ellentmondhassunk | ellentmondhassatok | ellentmondhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ellentmondhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (ellentmondhatni) | (ellentmondhatnom) | (ellentmondhatnod) | (ellentmondhatnia) | (ellentmondhatnunk) | (ellentmondhatnotok) | (ellentmondhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (ellentmondhatva / ellentmondhatván) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mondhat ellent or ellent is mondhat. | |||||||||
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- ellentmond 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
- ellentmond in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).