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- (frequentative suffix) Variants:
- -gat is added to back-vowel words
- hall (“to hear”) + -gat → hallgat (“to listen, to be quiet”)
- -get is added to front-vowel words
- beszél (“to talk”) + -get → beszélget (“to chit-chat”)
- -ogat is added to back-vowel monosyllabic words
- mos (“to wash”) + -ogat → mosogat (“to do the dishes”)
- -eget is added to unrounded front-vowel monosyllabic words
- kér (“to ask, request”) + -eget → kéreget (“to beg (alms)”)
- -öget is added to rounded front-vowel monosyllabic words
- üt (“to hit, to beat, to strike”) + -öget → ütöget (“to make (small) strikes repeatedly”)
