forgat

See also: förgat and förgät

English

Verb

forgat

  1. (obsolete) simple past of forget

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1395. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *pürke- (*pᴕrγɜ-) (to turn, revolve, spin)[1] + -gat (frequentative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈforɡɒt]
  • Hyphenation: for‧gat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

forgat

  1. (transitive) to rotate
  2. (transitive) to wield some device (weapon, pen etc.)
  3. (transitive, film, television) to film, shoot
    A rendező Budapesten forgatott több jelenetet az új filmjéhez.The director shot multiple scenes in Budapest for his new film.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átforgat
  • beforgat
  • beleforgat
  • elforgat
  • felforgat
  • félreforgat
  • hátraforgat
  • ideforgat
  • kiforgat
  • leforgat
  • megforgat
  • odaforgat
  • ráforgat
  • szembeforgat
  • visszaforgat

References

  1. Entry #837 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. forgat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • forgat 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
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