altat

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See also: áltat and ältat

Hungarian

Etymology

alszik (“to sleep”) +‎ -tat (“to make someone do something”, causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: al‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

altat

  1. (transitive) causative of alszik: to make someone fall asleep, lull to sleep
  2. (transitive, medicine) to place someone under general anesthesia

Conjugation

conjugation of altat
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. altatok altatsz altat altatunk altattok altatnak
Def. altatom altatod altatja altatjuk altatjátok altatják
2nd-p. o. altatlak ―
Past Indef. altattam altattál altatott altattunk altattatok altattak
Def. altattam altattad altatta altattuk altattátok altatták
2nd-p. o. altattalak ―
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. altatni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. altaték altatál altata altatánk altatátok altatának
Def. altatám altatád altatá altatánk altatátok altaták
2nd-p. o. altatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. altat vala, altatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. altatandok altatandasz altatand altatandunk altatandotok altatandanak
Def. altatandom altatandod altatandja altatandjuk altatandjátok altatandják
2nd-p. o. altatandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. altatnék altatnál altatna altatnánk altatnátok altatnának
Def. altatnám altatnád altatná altatnánk
(or altatnók) 		altatnátok altatnák
2nd-p. o. altatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. altatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. altassak altass or
altassál 		altasson altassunk altassatok altassanak
Def. altassam altasd or
altassad 		altassa altassuk altassátok altassák
2nd-p. o. altassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. altatott légyen
Infinitive altatni altatnom altatnod altatnia altatnunk altatnotok altatniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
altatás altató altatott altatandó altatva (altatván)
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 altat
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. altathatok altathatsz altathat altathatunk altathattok altathatnak
Def. altathatom altathatod altathatja altathatjuk altathatjátok altathatják
2nd-p. o. altathatlak ―
Past Indef. altathattam altathattál altathatott altathattunk altathattatok altathattak
Def. altathattam altathattad altathatta altathattuk altathattátok altathatták
2nd-p. o. altathattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. altathaték altathatál altathata altathatánk altathatátok altathatának
Def. altathatám altathatád altathatá altathatánk altathatátok altathaták
2nd-p. o. altathatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. altathat vala, altathatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. altathatandok
or altatandhatok 		altathatandasz
or altatandhatsz 		altathatand
or altatandhat 		altathatandunk
or altatandhatunk 		altathatandotok
or altatandhattok 		altathatandanak
or altatandhatnak
Def. altathatandom
or altatandhatom 		altathatandod
or altatandhatod 		altathatandja
or altatandhatja 		altathatandjuk
or altatandhatjuk 		altathatandjátok
or altatandhatjátok 		altathatandják
or altatandhatják
2nd-p. o. altathatandalak
or altatandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. altathatnék altathatnál altathatna altathatnánk altathatnátok altathatnának
Def. altathatnám altathatnád altathatná altathatnánk
(or altathatnók) 		altathatnátok altathatnák
2nd-p. o. altathatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. altathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. altathassak altathass or
altathassál 		altathasson altathassunk altathassatok altathassanak
Def. altathassam altathasd or
altathassad 		altathassa altathassuk altathassátok altathassák
2nd-p. o. altathassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. altathatott légyen
Inf. (altathatni) (altathatnom) (altathatnod) (altathatnia) (altathatnunk) (altathatnotok) (altathatniuk)
Positive adjective altatható Neg. adj. altathatatlan Adv. part. (altathatva / altathatván)

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • altat 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
  • altat 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)
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