-ttak

From -tt (past-tense suffix) +‎ -ak (third-person plural suffix).

• IPA^(key): [tːɒk]

-ttak

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).

   ‎ró (“to impose”) + ‎-ttak → ‎róttak (“they imposed”)

   Nagy feladatot róttak rájuk. ― They imposed a great task on them.

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)

  -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)

  -ottak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes