beavat

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ avat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈbɛɒvɒt]
• Hyphenation: be‧avat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

beavat

1. (transitive) to inaugurate (to induct into office with a formal ceremony)

   Synonym: beiktat

2. (transitive) to let in on (on something: -ba/-be) (to disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information)

   Beavattak a titokba. ― They let me in on the secret.

3. (transitive, of clothing) to preshrink (to shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit)

Conjugation

conjugation of beavat

			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
Indica- tive mood	Pre- sent	Indef.	beavatok	beavatsz	beavat	beavatunk	beavattok	beavatnak
		Def.	beavatom	beavatod	beavatja	beavatjuk	beavatjátok	beavatják
		2nd-p. o.	beavatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	beavattam	beavattál	beavatott	beavattunk	beavattatok	beavattak
		Def.	beavattam	beavattad	beavatta	beavattuk	beavattátok	beavatták
		2nd-p. o.	beavattalak	―
Condi- tional mood	Pre- sent	Indef.	beavatnék	beavatnál	beavatna	beavatnánk	beavatnátok	beavatnának
		Def.	beavatnám	beavatnád	beavatná	beavatnánk	beavatnátok	beavatnák
		2nd-p. o.	beavatnálak	―
Sub- junc- tive mood	Pre- sent	Indef.	beavassak	beavass or beavassál	beavasson	beavassunk	beavassatok	beavassanak
		Def.	beavassam	beavasd or beavassad	beavassa	beavassuk	beavassátok	beavassák
		2nd-p. o.	beavassalak	―
Infinitive	beavatni		beavatnom	beavatnod	beavatnia	beavatnunk	beavatnotok	beavatniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			beavatás	beavató	beavatott	beavatandó	beavatva	beavathat

Derived terms

• beavatás
• beavatott

 

Further reading

• beavat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
• beavat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress)