altat

See also: áltat and ältat

Hungarian

Etymology

alszik (“to sleep”) +‎ -tat (“to make someone do something”, causative suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒltɒt]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

altat

  1. (transitive) causative of alszik: to make someone fall asleep, lull to sleep
  2. (transitive, medicine) to place someone under general anesthesia

Conjugation
conjugation of altat
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. altatok altatsz altat altatunk altattok altatnak
Def. altatom altatod altatja altatjuk altatjátok altatják
2nd-p. o. altatlak ―
Past Indef. altattam altattál altatott altattunk altattatok altattak
Def. altattam altattad altatta altattuk altattátok altatták
2nd-p. o. altattalak ―
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. altatni fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. altaték altatál altata altatánk altatátok altatának
Def. altatám altatád altatá altatánk altatátok altaták
2nd-p. o. altatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. altat vala, altatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. altatandok altatandasz altatand altatandunk altatandotok altatandanak
Def. altatandom altatandod altatandja altatandjuk altatandjátok altatandják
2nd-p. o. altatandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. altatnék altatnál altatna altatnánk altatnátok altatnának
Def. altatnám altatnád altatná altatnánk
(or altatnók)		 altatnátok altatnák
2nd-p. o. altatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. altatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. altassak altass or
altassál		 altasson altassunk altassatok altassanak
Def. altassam altasd or
altassad		 altassa altassuk altassátok altassák
2nd-p. o. altassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. altatott légyen
Infinitive altatni altatnom altatnod altatnia altatnunk altatnotok altatniuk
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
altatás altató altatott altatandó altatva (altatván)
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 altat
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. altathatok altathatsz altathat altathatunk altathattok altathatnak
Def. altathatom altathatod altathatja altathatjuk altathatjátok altathatják
2nd-p. o. altathatlak ―
Past Indef. altathattam altathattál altathatott altathattunk altathattatok altathattak
Def. altathattam altathattad altathatta altathattuk altathattátok altathatták
2nd-p. o. altathattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. altathaték altathatál altathata altathatánk altathatátok altathatának
Def. altathatám altathatád altathatá altathatánk altathatátok altathaták
2nd-p. o. altathatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. altathat vala, altathatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. altathatandok
or altatandhatok 		altathatandasz
or altatandhatsz		 altathatand
or altatandhat		 altathatandunk
or altatandhatunk		 altathatandotok
or altatandhattok		 altathatandanak
or altatandhatnak
Def. altathatandom
or altatandhatom		 altathatandod
or altatandhatod		 altathatandja
or altatandhatja		 altathatandjuk
or altatandhatjuk 		altathatandjátok
or altatandhatjátok		 altathatandják
or altatandhatják
2nd-p. o. altathatandalak
or altatandhatlak		 ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. altathatnék altathatnál altathatna altathatnánk altathatnátok altathatnának
Def. altathatnám altathatnád altathatná altathatnánk
(or altathatnók)		 altathatnátok altathatnák
2nd-p. o. altathatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. altathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. altathassak altathass or
altathassál		 altathasson altathassunk altathassatok altathassanak
Def. altathassam altathasd or
altathassad		 altathassa altathassuk altathassátok altathassák
2nd-p. o. altathassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. altathatott légyen
Inf. (altathatni) (altathatnom) (altathatnod) (altathatnia) (altathatnunk) (altathatnotok) (altathatniuk)
Positive adjective altatható Neg. adj. altathatatlan Adv. part. (altathatva / altathatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elaltat

Further reading
  • altat 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
  • altat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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