Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Suffix

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-tet

  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
    keres (to search) + ‎-tet → ‎kerestet (to make someone search something/somebody)
    bűn (sin) + ‎-tet → ‎büntet (to punish)
Usage notes
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  • (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
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Derived terms
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Further reading
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  • 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

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

Suffix

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-tet

  1. Combining form of -tetik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative
    neveltetik (to be brought up)neveltetés (upbringing).
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(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.

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Middle English

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Suffix

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-tet

  1. Alternative form of -te