altat
Hungarian
editEtymology
editalszik (“to sleep”) + -tat (“to make someone do something”, causative suffix)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaltat
- (transitive) causative of alszik: to make someone fall asleep, lull to sleep
- (transitive, medicine) to place someone under general anesthesia
Conjugation
editconjugation 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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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
edit- 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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).