See also: ett and ETT

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -tt (past-participle and past-tense suffix).

Suffix

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-ett

  1. past-tense and past-participle suffix (homonymous form in the vast majority of verbs):
    1. (past-tense suffix) -ed, -t (forms the past tense of a verb)
      hegeszt (to weld)Fémcsöveket hegesztett.He welded some metal tubing.
    2. (past-participle suffix) -ed, -t (forms the past participle of a verb)
      hegeszt (to weld)a hegesztett fémthe welded metal
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  • (past-participle and past-tense suffix) Variants:
    -t is added to monosyllabic verbs ending in j, l, ly, n, ny, r (fáj, szel, fon, huny, sír) and to many bisyllabic verbs ending in -ad/-ed (akad, ered)
    -tt is added to verbs ending in a vowel (sző, , , , , )
    -ott is added to back-vowel verbs
    -ett is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
    -ött is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
  • (past-participle suffix) This form is the only option attributively. Predicatively, however, a construction of the existential verb van (or its negative form nincs) and the adverbial participle (with -va/-ve) is preferable,[1] especially when speaking of the result achieved,[2] although the suffix -t/-ott/-ett/-ött occurs predicatively as well, disputed as it may be.[3]
Declension
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For the past-participle suffix only:

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -ett -ettek
accusative -ettet -etteket
dative -ettnek -etteknek
instrumental -ettel -ettekkel
causal-final -ettért -ettekért
translative -etté -ettekké
terminative -ettig -ettekig
essive-formal -ettként -ettekként
essive-modal
inessive -ettben -ettekben
superessive -etten -etteken
adessive -ettnél -etteknél
illative -ettbe -ettekbe
sublative -ettre -ettekre
allative -etthez -ettekhez
elative -ettből -ettekből
delative -ettről -ettekről
ablative -ettől -ettektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-etté -etteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-ettéi -ettekéi

Etymology 2

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From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -tt (locative suffix).

Suffix

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-ett

  1. (locative suffix, chiefly archaic) in, at (forms the locative case)
    Pécs (a Hungarian city)Pécsett (in Pécs)
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