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Hungarian

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Etymology

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hív (to call) +‎ -at (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhiːvɒt]
  • Hyphenation: hí‧vat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

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hívat

  1. (transitive) causative of hív: to summon, send for, ask for, want to see someone, to have someone called
    Synonyms: kéret, rendel
  2. (reflexively, as hívatja magát, with definite conjugation) to expect a particular form of address, to style oneself as something (-nak/-nek)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

See also at hív.

Further reading

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  • hívat 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