See also: magat, Magat, MAGAt, and MAGAT

Hungarian

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Etymology

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maga +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡaːt]
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧gát

Pronoun

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magát

  1. accusative singular of maga (oneself): oneself (as the direct object of a verb)
    kizárja magátto lock oneself out
    összeszedi magátto pull oneself together
    megadja magátto surrender (not reflexive in English)
    érzi magátto feel (weel/unwell/etc.; not reflexive in English)

Usage notes

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  • When the reflexive pronoun is the object of a verb, it is considered definite, so it takes the definite forms of the verb (such as kizárja instead of kizár and összeszedi instead of összeszed in the examples above, for back- and front-vowel verbs, respectively).
  • Similarly to English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, etc., the form of magát changes with each person; see the declension table below.

Declension

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As usual with possessive-suffixed forms, the word-final accusative suffix can be omitted in the first- and second-person singular. (In the plural, such an omission is less common, considered as folksy.)

Possessive forms of magát
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. magam(at)
2nd person sing. magad(at)
3rd person sing. magát
1st person plural magunkat
2nd person plural magatokat
3rd person plural magukat

Derived terms

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Expressions

Pronoun

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magát

  1. accusative singular of maga (you, formal, singular): you (as the direct object of a verb)
    Magát kerestem.I've been looking for you.

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Expressions

Further reading

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  • Expressions with “magát” in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN