írat
See also: irat
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
ír (“to write”) + -at (causative suffix)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
írat
- (transitive) causative of ír: to have someone write or to have something written (the agent marked with -val/-vel)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of írat
| 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. | íratok | íratsz | írat | íratunk | írattok | íratnak | |
| Def. | íratom | íratod | íratja | íratjuk | íratjátok | íratják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | íratlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | írattam | írattál | íratott | írattunk | írattatok | írattak | ||
| Def. | írattam | írattad | íratta | írattuk | írattátok | íratták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írattalak | ― | |||||||
| 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. íratni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | íraték | íratál | írata | íratánk | íratátok | íratának | ||
| Def. | íratám | íratád | íratá | íratánk | íratátok | íraták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | íratálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. írat vala, íratott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | íratandok | íratandasz | íratand | íratandunk | íratandotok | íratandanak | ||
| Def. | íratandom | íratandod | íratandja | íratandjuk | íratandjátok | íratandják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | íratandalak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | íratnék | íratnál | íratna | íratnánk | íratnátok | íratnának | |
| Def. | íratnám | íratnád | íratná | íratnánk (or íratnók) |
íratnátok | íratnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | íratnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. íratott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | írassak | írass or írassál |
írasson | írassunk | írassatok | írassanak | |
| Def. | írassam | írasd or írassad |
írassa | írassuk | írassátok | írassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. íratott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | íratni | íratnom | íratnod | íratnia | íratnunk | íratnotok | íratniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| íratás | írató | íratott | íratandó | íratva (íratván) | |||||
| 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 írat
| 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. | írathatok | írathatsz | írathat | írathatunk | írathattok | írathatnak | |
| Def. | írathatom | írathatod | írathatja | írathatjuk | írathatjátok | írathatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írathatlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | írathattam | írathattál | írathatott | írathattunk | írathattatok | írathattak | ||
| Def. | írathattam | írathattad | írathatta | írathattuk | írathattátok | írathatták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írathattalak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | írathaték | írathatál | írathata | írathatánk | írathatátok | írathatának | ||
| Def. | írathatám | írathatád | írathatá | írathatánk | írathatátok | írathaták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írathatálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. írathat vala, írathatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | írathatandok or íratandhatok |
írathatandasz or íratandhatsz |
írathatand or íratandhat |
írathatandunk or íratandhatunk |
írathatandotok or íratandhattok |
írathatandanak or íratandhatnak | ||
| Def. | írathatandom or íratandhatom |
írathatandod or íratandhatod |
írathatandja or íratandhatja |
írathatandjuk or íratandhatjuk |
írathatandjátok or íratandhatjátok |
írathatandják or íratandhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írathatandalak or íratandhatlak |
― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | írathatnék | írathatnál | írathatna | írathatnánk | írathatnátok | írathatnának | |
| Def. | írathatnám | írathatnád | írathatná | írathatnánk (or írathatnók) |
írathatnátok | írathatnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írathatnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. írathatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | írathassak | írathass or írathassál |
írathasson | írathassunk | írathassatok | írathassanak | |
| Def. | írathassam | írathasd or írathassad |
írathassa | írathassuk | írathassátok | írathassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | írathassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. írathatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (írathatni) | (írathatnom) | (írathatnod) | (írathatnia) | (írathatnunk) | (írathatnotok) | (írathatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | íratható | Neg. adj. | írathatatlan | Adv. part. | (írathatva / írathatván) | ||||
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- írat 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