altat

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See also: áltat and ältat

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

alszik (to sleep) +‎ -tat (to make someone do something, causative suffix)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒltɒt]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb[edit]

altat

  1. (transitive) causative of alszik: to make someone fall asleep, lull to sleep
  2. (transitive, medicine) to place someone under general anesthesia

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading[edit]

  • altat 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
  • altat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)