itat

See also: -itat, -itât, and -ität

Hungarian

Etymology

From iszik (“to drink”) +‎ -at (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈitɒt]
• Hyphenation: itat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

itat

1. (transitive, of human) to help someone drink
2. (transitive, of human) to get drunk (to make someone drunk, to forcibly offer alcoholic drink to someone)

   Synonyms: leitat, lerészegít

3. (transitive, of animals) to water, to provide with water
4. (reflexively, as itatja magát, with definite conjugation, of a drink, usually alcohol) to make someone drink more because of its pleasing taste

   Ez a bor itatja magát. ― This wine is very drinkable/palatable.

5. (transitive, of liquid) to blot (to dry spilled liquid with an absorbent cloth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of itat

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	itatok	itatsz	itat	itatunk	itattok	itatnak
			def.	itatom	itatod	itatja	itatjuk	itatjátok	itatják
			2nd obj	itatlak
		past	indef.	itattam	itattál	itatott	itattunk	itattatok	itattak
			def.	itattam	itattad	itatta	itattuk	itattátok	itatták
			2nd obj	itattalak
		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. itatni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	itaték	itatál	itata	itatánk	itatátok	itatának
		def.	itatám	itatád	itatá	itatánk	itatátok	itaták
		2nd obj	itatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. itat vala, itatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	itatandok	itatandasz	itatand	itatandunk	itatandotok	itatandanak
	def.	itatandom	itatandod	itatandja	itatandjuk	itatandjátok	itatandják
	2nd obj	itatandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	itatnék	itatnál	itatna	itatnánk	itatnátok	itatnának
		def.	itatnám	itatnád	itatná	itatnánk (or itatnók)	itatnátok	itatnák
		2nd obj	itatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. itatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	itassak	itass or itassál	itasson	itassunk	itassatok	itassanak
			def.	itassam	itasd or itassad	itassa	itassuk	itassátok	itassák
			2nd obj	itassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. itatott légyen
infinitive	itatni		itatnom	itatnod	itatnia	itatnunk	itatnotok	itatniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	itatás		itató	itatott	itatandó	itatva (itatván)
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 itat

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	itathatok	itathatsz	itathat	itathatunk	itathattok	itathatnak
			def.	itathatom	itathatod	itathatja	itathatjuk	itathatjátok	itathatják
			2nd obj	itathatlak
		past	indef.	itathattam	itathattál	itathatott	itathattunk	itathattatok	itathattak
			def.	itathattam	itathattad	itathatta	itathattuk	itathattátok	itathatták
			2nd obj	itathattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	itathaték	itathatál	itathata	itathatánk	itathatátok	itathatának
		def.	itathatám	itathatád	itathatá	itathatánk	itathatátok	itathaták
		2nd obj	itathatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. itathat vala, itathatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	itathatandok or itatandhatok	itathatandasz or itatandhatsz	itathatand or itatandhat	itathatandunk or itatandhatunk	itathatandotok or itatandhattok	itathatandanak or itatandhatnak
	def.	itathatandom or itatandhatom	itathatandod or itatandhatod	itathatandja or itatandhatja	itathatandjuk or itatandhatjuk	itathatandjátok or itatandhatjátok	itathatandják or itatandhatják
	2nd obj	itathatandalak or itatandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	itathatnék	itathatnál	itathatna	itathatnánk	itathatnátok	itathatnának
		def.	itathatnám	itathatnád	itathatná	itathatnánk (or itathatnók)	itathatnátok	itathatnák
		2nd obj	itathatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. itathatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	itathassak	itathass or itathassál	itathasson	itathassunk	itathassatok	itathassanak
			def.	itathassam	itathasd or itathassad	itathassa	itathassuk	itathassátok	itathassák
			2nd obj	itathassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. itathatott légyen
infinitive	(itathatni)		(itathatnom)	(itathatnod)	(itathatnia)	(itathatnunk)	(itathatnotok)	(itathatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	itatható			itathatatlan		(itathatva / itathatván)

Derived terms

• itatás
• itatgat

(With verbal prefixes):

• átitat
• felitat
• leitat
• megitat

Expressions

• itatja az egereket

See also

• locsol, meglocsol (“to water plants”)
• öntöz (“to water plants”) (especially regularly)

Further reading

• itat in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.