-hat
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "hat"
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately originates from the verb hat.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-hat
- (potential suffix, added to verbs):
- (expressing possibility) may (having the potential to do or be something)
- A hosszan magára hagyott kutya ugathat, nyüszíthet, bepisilhet vagy rombolhat. ― A dog left alone for a long time may bark, whimper, wet itself, or destroy things.
- Synonym: lehet/meglehet/előfordulhat/megtörténhet/megeshet, hogy…
- (expressing permission) may, can, being permitted, allowed, or enabled to
- Ebbe a házba bemehet a kutya. ― The dog is allowed to enter this house.
- Ezt én nem írhatom alá helyetted. ― I cannot (= am not allowed to) sign it instead of you.
- Synonym: (with the logical subject in the dative) szabad
- (expressing opportunity) can
- Ennél a forrásnál ihatunk vizet és meguzsonnázhatunk. ― At this spring we can drink water and have a snack.
- Synonym: (the argument supplied with -ra/-re or in the infinitive) módja/lehetősége van
- (expressing possibility) may (having the potential to do or be something)
Usage notes[edit]
- (potential suffix) Variants:
- -hat is added to back-vowel verbs
- -het is added to front-vowel verbs
- To express can in the sense “to be able to”, see tud.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Samic *-ttëk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-hat
- Forms nouns from verbs, indicating where the action takes place.
Usage notes[edit]
- This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection[edit]
| Even a-stem, hk-g gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | -hat | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | -haga | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | -hat | -hagat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | -haga | -hagaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | -haga | -hagaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | -hahkii | -hagaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | -hagas | -hagain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | -hagain | -hagaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | -hahkan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
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- Hungarian suffixes
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- Northern Sami terms derived from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami suffixes
- Northern Sami noun-forming suffixes
- Northern Sami even nouns
- Northern Sami even a-stem nouns