itat

See also: -itat, -itât, and -ität

Hungarian

Etymology

From iszik (to drink) + -at (causative verb-forming suffix).[1]

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

Derived terms

  • itatás
  • itatgat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átitat
  • felitat
  • leitat
  • megitat
Expressions

See also

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

References

  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • itat 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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