látta
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editlát (“to see”) + -ta (past-tense and verbal-participle suffix)
Verb
editlátta
Participle
editlátta
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editlát (“to see”) + -ta (noun-forming suffix incorporating the possessive suffix)
Noun
editlátta
- (chiefly construed with -n and -ra): (at) his/her/its sight, (on) seeing someone or something (the sight of a particular person or situation)
Usage notes
editIts commonly used forms are láttán and láttára, along with their possessive forms for other persons (láttunkra, láttomra etc.).
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | látta | — |
| accusative | láttát | — |
| dative | láttának | — |
| instrumental | láttával | — |
| causal-final | láttáért | — |
| translative | láttává | — |
| terminative | láttáig | — |
| essive-formal | láttaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | láttában | — |
| superessive | láttán | — |
| adessive | láttánál | — |
| illative | láttába | — |
| sublative | láttára | — |
| allative | láttához | — |
| elative | láttából | — |
| delative | láttáról | — |
| ablative | láttától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
láttáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
láttáéi | — |
| Possessive forms of látta | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | láttom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | láttod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | látta | — |
| 1st person plural | láttunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | láttotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | láttuk | — |
Further reading
edit- (his/her/its sight): látta 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