-otta

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-otta

(past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).
‎sóhajt (“to sigh”) + ‎-otta → ‎sóhajtotta (“he/she (has/had) sighed”)

‎javít (“to correct”) + ‎-otta → ‎javította (“he/she (has/had) corrected”)

‎nyit (“to open”) + ‎-otta → ‎nyitotta (“he/she (has/had) opened”)
(verbal-participle suffix) Forms the verbal participle of verbs, always following the agent noun.
borít (“to cover”) → [hó] borította [táj] (“ covered by ”, literally “snow-covered landscape”)

Usage notes

(past-tense and verbal-participle suffix) Variants:
-ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

-te is added to most front-vowel verbs

-tta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)

-tte is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)

-otta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

-ette is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

-ötte is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)
(noun-forming suffix) Variants:
-ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

-te is added to most front-vowel verbs

-tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)

-ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)

-ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)

See also

Further reading

Károly, Sándor. Az istenadta-féle szerkezetek személyragos tagjának szófaji jellegéről (“On the part of speech of the personal-suffixed elements of istenadta -like structures”). In: Nyelvtudományi Közlemények (“Linguistic Publications”), vol. 59 (1957), pp. 130–150.
Simonyi, Zsigmond. Isten-adta (“God-given”). In: Magyar Nyelvőr (“Hungarian Language Guardian”), vol. XXXVI (1907), pp. 16–35 in the offprint (issue 5, May 15 in the original, pp. 193–205, 264–271).

Italian

Suffix

-otta f

feminine of -otto

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -otta

Anagrams

-atto, Atto, atto

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