itat
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From iszik (“to drink”) + -at (causative verb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
itat
- (transitive, of human) to help someone drink
- (transitive, of human) to get drunk (to make someone drunk, to forcibly offer alcoholic drink to someone)
- Synonyms: leitat, lerészegít
- (transitive, of animals) to water, to provide with water
- (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.
- (transitive, of liquid) to blot (to dry spilled liquid with an absorbent cloth)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of itat
Derived terms[edit]
(With verbal prefixes):
Expressions
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- 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