itat

See also: -itat, -itât, and -ität

Hungarian

Etymology

From iszik (“to drink”) +‎ -at (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈitɒt]
• Hyphenation: itat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

itat

1. (transitive, of human) to help someone drink
2. (transitive, of human) to get drunk (to make someone drunk, to forcibly offer alcoholic drink to someone)

   Synonyms: leitat, lerészegít

3. (transitive, of animals) to water, to provide with water
4. (reflexively, as itatja magát, with definite conjugation, of a drink, usually alcohol) to make someone drink more because of its pleasing taste

   Ez a bor itatja magát. ― This wine is very drinkable/palatable.

5. (transitive, of liquid) to blot (to dry spilled liquid with an absorbent cloth)

Conjugation

conjugation of itat

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.	itatok	itatsz	itat	itatunk	itattok	itatnak
		Def.	itatom	itatod	itatja	itatjuk	itatjátok	itatják
		2nd-p. o.	itatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	itattam	itattál	itatott	itattunk	itattatok	itattak
		Def.	itattam	itattad	itatta	itattuk	itattátok	itatták
		2nd-p. o.	itattalak	―
	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. itatni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	itaték	itatál	itata	itatánk	itatátok	itatának
		Def.	itatám	itatád	itatá	itatánk	itatátok	itaták
		2nd-p. o.	itatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. itat vala, itatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	itatandok	itatandasz	itatand	itatandunk	itatandotok	itatandanak
		Def.	itatandom	itatandod	itatandja	itatandjuk	itatandjátok	itatandják
		2nd-p. o.	itatandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	itatnék	itatnál	itatna	itatnánk	itatnátok	itatnának
		Def.	itatnám	itatnád	itatná	itatnánk (or itatnók)	itatnátok	itatnák
		2nd-p. o.	itatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. itatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	itassak	itass or itassál	itasson	itassunk	itassatok	itassanak
		Def.	itassam	itasd or itassad	itassa	itassuk	itassátok	itassák
		2nd-p. o.	itassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. itatott légyen
Infinitive	itatni		itatnom	itatnod	itatnia	itatnunk	itatnotok	itatniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	itatás		itató	itatott	itatandó	itatva (itatván)
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 itat

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.	itathatok	itathatsz	itathat	itathatunk	itathattok	itathatnak
		Def.	itathatom	itathatod	itathatja	itathatjuk	itathatjátok	itathatják
		2nd-p. o.	itathatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	itathattam	itathattál	itathatott	itathattunk	itathattatok	itathattak
		Def.	itathattam	itathattad	itathatta	itathattuk	itathattátok	itathatták
		2nd-p. o.	itathattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	itathaték	itathatál	itathata	itathatánk	itathatátok	itathatának
		Def.	itathatám	itathatád	itathatá	itathatánk	itathatátok	itathaták
		2nd-p. o.	itathatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. itathat vala, itathatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	itathatandok or itatandhatok	itathatandasz or itatandhatsz	itathatand or itatandhat	itathatandunk or itatandhatunk	itathatandotok or itatandhattok	itathatandanak or itatandhatnak
		Def.	itathatandom or itatandhatom	itathatandod or itatandhatod	itathatandja or itatandhatja	itathatandjuk or itatandhatjuk	itathatandjátok or itatandhatjátok	itathatandják or itatandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	itathatandalak or itatandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	itathatnék	itathatnál	itathatna	itathatnánk	itathatnátok	itathatnának
		Def.	itathatnám	itathatnád	itathatná	itathatnánk (or itathatnók)	itathatnátok	itathatnák
		2nd-p. o.	itathatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. itathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	itathassak	itathass or itathassál	itathasson	itathassunk	itathassatok	itathassanak
		Def.	itathassam	itathasd or itathassad	itathassa	itathassuk	itathassátok	itathassák
		2nd-p. o.	itathassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. itathatott légyen
Inf.	(itathatni)		(itathatnom)	(itathatnod)	(itathatnia)	(itathatnunk)	(itathatnotok)	(itathatniuk)
Positive adjective			itatható	Neg. adj.	itathatatlan	Adv. part.	(itathatva / itathatván)

Derived terms

• itatás
• itatgat

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átitat
• felitat
• leitat
• megitat

Expressions

• itatja az egereket

 

See also

• locsol, meglocsol (“to water plants”)
• öntöz (“to water plants”) (especially regularly)

Further reading

• itat 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