matat
Catalan
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒtɒt]
- Hyphenation: ma‧tat
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Verb
matat
- (intransitive, informal) to fumble, rummage, feel around
- Synonyms: keresgél, motoz, turkál, kutat, vájkál, kotorászik, kotor, (the latter two are transitive) túr
- (intransitive, informal) to potter around, be busy doing this and that (with slow movements)
- Synonym: tesz-vesz
Conjugation
conjugation of matat
| 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. | matatok | matatsz | matat | matatunk | matattok | matatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | matattam | matattál | matatott | matattunk | matattatok | matattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| 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. matatni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | mataték | matatál | matata | matatánk | matatátok | matatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. matat vala, matatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | matatandok | matatandasz | matatand | matatandunk | matatandotok | matatandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | matatnék | matatnál | matatna | matatnánk | matatnátok | matatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. matatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | matassak | matass or matassál |
matasson | matassunk | matassatok | matassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. matatott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | matatni | matatnom | matatnod | matatnia | matatnunk | matatnotok | matatniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| matatás | matató | matatott | ― | matatva (matatván) | |||||
potential conjugation of matat
| 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. | matathatok | matathatsz | matathat | matathatunk | matathattok | matathatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | matathattam | matathattál | matathatott | matathattunk | matathattatok | matathattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | matathaték | matathatál | matathata | matathatánk | matathatátok | matathatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. matathat vala, matathatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | matathatandok or matatandhatok |
matathatandasz or matatandhatsz |
matathatand or matatandhat |
matathatandunk or matatandhatunk |
matathatandotok or matatandhattok |
matathatandanak or matatandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | matathatnék | matathatnál | matathatna | matathatnánk | matathatnátok | matathatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. matathatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | matathassak | matathass or matathassál |
matathasson | matathassunk | matathassatok | matathassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. matathatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (matathatni) | (matathatnom) | (matathatnod) | (matathatnia) | (matathatnunk) | (matathatnotok) | (matathatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (matathatva / matathatván) | ||||
Derived terms
- matatás
(With verbal prefixes):
- elmatat
- kimatat
References
- matat 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
- matat 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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