-tat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tat"

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -tās, -tātis. Doublet of -tet.

Suffix

-tat (obsolete, literary)

1. -ness, -ity, in learned Latin/Italian loans [16th–17th c.]

   Synonym: -tet

Derived terms

• dinjitat
• divinitat
• ereditat
• fragjilitat
• karitat
• kastitat
• komoditat
• libertat
• proprietat
• virgjinitat

References

• Dashi, B. (2013) “dignità”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 176

Catalan

Suffix

-tat f (noun-forming suffix, plural -tats)

1. Alternative form of -itat

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -tat

crueltat

desigualtat

disconformitat

escassetat

espontaneïtat

expressivitat

falsedat

gratuïtat

inestabilitat

lleialtat

normalitat

obligatorietat

obvietat

precarietat

sequedat

solidaritat

vaguetat

Further reading

• “-tat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɒt]
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Suffix

-tat

1. (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.

   Synonyms: -at/-et, -aszt/-eszt/-öszt, -jt/-ajt/-ejt, -ít, -dít, (obsolete in this sense) -t

   ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-tat → ‎olvastat (“to make someone read something”)

Usage notes

• (causative suffix) Variants:

  -at is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-at → ‎várat (“to have someone wait”)

  -et is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  ‎kér (“to ask for”) + ‎-et → ‎kéret (“to have someone ask(ed) for; to summon someone [by ordering a servant to fetch him/her]”)

  -tat is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  ‎tisztít (“to clean”) + ‎-tat → ‎tisztíttat (“to have someone clean or to have something cleaned”)

  -tet is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  ‎keres (“to look for”) + ‎-tet → ‎kerestet (“to have someone look(ed) for”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tat

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	-tatok	-tatsz	-tat	-tatunk	-tattok	-tatnak
			def.	-tatom	-tatod	-tatja	-tatjuk	-tatjátok	-tatják
			2nd obj	-tatlak
		past	indef.	-tattam	-tattál	-tatott	-tattunk	-tattatok	-tattak
			def.	-tattam	-tattad	-tatta	-tattuk	-tattátok	-tatták
			2nd obj	-tattalak
		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. -tatni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	-taték	-tatál	-tata	-tatánk	-tatátok	-tatának
		def.	-tatám	-tatád	-tatá	-tatánk	-tatátok	-taták
		2nd obj	-tatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. -tat vala, -tatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	-tatandok	-tatandasz	-tatand	-tatandunk	-tatandotok	-tatandanak
	def.	-tatandom	-tatandod	-tatandja	-tatandjuk	-tatandjátok	-tatandják
	2nd obj	-tatandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	-tatnék	-tatnál	-tatna	-tatnánk	-tatnátok	-tatnának
		def.	-tatnám	-tatnád	-tatná	-tatnánk (or -tatnók)	-tatnátok	-tatnák
		2nd obj	-tatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -tatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	-tassak	-tass or -tassál	-tasson	-tassunk	-tassatok	-tassanak
			def.	-tassam	-tasd or -tassad	-tassa	-tassuk	-tassátok	-tassák
			2nd obj	-tassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -tatott légyen
infinitive	-tatni		-tatnom	-tatnod	-tatnia	-tatnunk	-tatnotok	-tatniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	-tatás		-tató	-tatott	-tatandó	-tatva (-tatván)
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 -tat

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	-tathatok	-tathatsz	-tathat	-tathatunk	-tathattok	-tathatnak
			def.	-tathatom	-tathatod	-tathatja	-tathatjuk	-tathatjátok	-tathatják
			2nd obj	-tathatlak
		past	indef.	-tathattam	-tathattál	-tathatott	-tathattunk	-tathattatok	-tathattak
			def.	-tathattam	-tathattad	-tathatta	-tathattuk	-tathattátok	-tathatták
			2nd obj	-tathattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	-tathaték	-tathatál	-tathata	-tathatánk	-tathatátok	-tathatának
		def.	-tathatám	-tathatád	-tathatá	-tathatánk	-tathatátok	-tathaták
		2nd obj	-tathatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. -tathat vala, -tathatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	-tathatandok or -tatandhatok	-tathatandasz or -tatandhatsz	-tathatand or -tatandhat	-tathatandunk or -tatandhatunk	-tathatandotok or -tatandhattok	-tathatandanak or -tatandhatnak
	def.	-tathatandom or -tatandhatom	-tathatandod or -tatandhatod	-tathatandja or -tatandhatja	-tathatandjuk or -tatandhatjuk	-tathatandjátok or -tatandhatjátok	-tathatandják or -tatandhatják
	2nd obj	-tathatandalak or -tatandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	-tathatnék	-tathatnál	-tathatna	-tathatnánk	-tathatnátok	-tathatnának
		def.	-tathatnám	-tathatnád	-tathatná	-tathatnánk (or -tathatnók)	-tathatnátok	-tathatnák
		2nd obj	-tathatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -tathatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	-tathassak	-tathass or -tathassál	-tathasson	-tathassunk	-tathassatok	-tathassanak
			def.	-tathassam	-tathasd or -tathassad	-tathassa	-tathassuk	-tathassátok	-tathassák
			2nd obj	-tathassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -tathatott légyen
infinitive	(-tathatni)		(-tathatnom)	(-tathatnod)	(-tathatnia)	(-tathatnunk)	(-tathatnotok)	(-tathatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	-tatható			-tathatatlan		(-tathatva / -tathatván)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -tat

altat

áltat

áztat

biztat

buktat

csatlakoztat

csináltat

csúsztat

dobogtat

elhallgattat

eljuttat

elpárologtat

elragadtat

firtat

fitogtat

foglalkoztat

folytat

futtat

hangoztat

hánytat

hibáztat

iktat

juttat

kaptat

kockáztat

kutat

lebuktat

leszoktat

megváltoztat

mutat

nagyíttat

nyomtat

nyugtat

oktat

szabadalmaztat

szoktat

szolgáltat

szoptat

szórakoztat

taníttat

tartóztat

tájékoztat

tisztíttat

untat

változtat

vitat

vonatkoztat

vontat

zavartat

Further reading

• Műveltető (faktitív) “Factitive” in Kiefer, Ferenc (ed.). Strukturális magyar nyelvtan 3. Morfológia (“A structural grammar of Hungarian, Vol. 3. Morphology”), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2000.

Etymology 2

From -tatik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.

Suffix

-tat

2. Combining form of -tatik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative

   fogadtatik (“to be received”) → fogadtatás (“reception”).

Usage notes

(combining forms of the passive-forming suffix) Variants: -at-, -et-, -tat-, -tet- (from -atik, -etik, -tatik, -tetik), as well as the tautological (doubly suffixed) forms -attat-, -ettet- (from -attatik, -ettetik). See more in the template of the full forms of this suffix.

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Suffix

-tat f (plural -tates)

1. Used in forming a noun to represent the property corresponding to an adjective; -ity

   Synonym: -dat

Related terms

• -dat

Descendants

• Spanish: -tad