küldend

Küldend is a historical Hungarian verbal form derived from the verb küld, meaning to send. It belongs to the group of non-finite forms created with the participial suffix -end, which in older Hungarian often produced adjectives or participles that convey “to be” or “to be done.” In standard modern Hungarian the corresponding form is küldendő, and the bare form küldend is rarely used outside of older texts or linguistic descriptions.

Etymology and morphology: The form combines the verb stem küld- with the suffix -end, functioning as a present-participle stem with a meaning related to “to be sent” or “to be in the process of sending.” The modern equivalent, küldendő, is used attributively to indicate something that must or will be sent. The standalone form küldend typically appears only in historical materials or systematic grammars as an example of older morphology, rather than in everyday speech.

Usage: In contemporary Hungarian, the meaning conveyed by küldend is usually expressed with küldendő or with a construction such as “a levél, amelyet küldeni kell” (the letter that must be sent). When encountered in literature or philological texts, küldend serves as a stepping stone to understanding older participial formations and their evolution into modern -ő/ -endő endings.

See also: Hungarian participles, Hungarian morphology, küld (to send).