kutat
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom an unattested onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -tat (instantaneous-causative suffix).[1]
Verb
editkutat
- (transitive or with után) to seek, to search for (thoroughly), scour, rake, rummage, ransack
- Synonym: keres
- (transitive) to investigate, study, research
Conjugation
editconjugation of kutat
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | kutatok | kutatsz | kutat | kutatunk | kutattok | kutatnak | |
Def. | kutatom | kutatod | kutatja | kutatjuk | kutatjátok | kutatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | kutattam | kutattál | kutatott | kutattunk | kutattatok | kutattak | ||
Def. | kutattam | kutattad | kutatta | kutattuk | kutattátok | kutatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutattalak | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. kutatni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kutaték | kutatál | kutata | kutatánk | kutatátok | kutatának | ||
Def. | kutatám | kutatád | kutatá | kutatánk | kutatátok | kutaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kutat vala, kutatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | kutatandok | kutatandasz | kutatand | kutatandunk | kutatandotok | kutatandanak | ||
Def. | kutatandom | kutatandod | kutatandja | kutatandjuk | kutatandjátok | kutatandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutatandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kutatnék | kutatnál | kutatna | kutatnánk | kutatnátok | kutatnának | |
Def. | kutatnám | kutatnád | kutatná | kutatnánk (or kutatnók) |
kutatnátok | kutatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kutatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kutassak | kutass or kutassál |
kutasson | kutassunk | kutassatok | kutassanak | |
Def. | kutassam | kutasd or kutassad |
kutassa | kutassuk | kutassátok | kutassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kutatott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | kutatni | kutatnom | kutatnod | kutatnia | kutatnunk | kutatnotok | kutatniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
kutatás | kutató | kutatott | kutatandó | kutatva (kutatván) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of kutat
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | kutathatok | kutathatsz | kutathat | kutathatunk | kutathattok | kutathatnak | |
Def. | kutathatom | kutathatod | kutathatja | kutathatjuk | kutathatjátok | kutathatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutathatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | kutathattam | kutathattál | kutathatott | kutathattunk | kutathattatok | kutathattak | ||
Def. | kutathattam | kutathattad | kutathatta | kutathattuk | kutathattátok | kutathatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutathattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kutathaték | kutathatál | kutathata | kutathatánk | kutathatátok | kutathatának | ||
Def. | kutathatám | kutathatád | kutathatá | kutathatánk | kutathatátok | kutathaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutathatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kutathat vala, kutathatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | kutathatandok or kutatandhatok |
kutathatandasz or kutatandhatsz |
kutathatand or kutatandhat |
kutathatandunk or kutatandhatunk |
kutathatandotok or kutatandhattok |
kutathatandanak or kutatandhatnak | ||
Def. | kutathatandom or kutatandhatom |
kutathatandod or kutatandhatod |
kutathatandja or kutatandhatja |
kutathatandjuk or kutatandhatjuk |
kutathatandjátok or kutatandhatjátok |
kutathatandják or kutatandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutathatandalak or kutatandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | kutathatnék | kutathatnál | kutathatna | kutathatnánk | kutathatnátok | kutathatnának | |
Def. | kutathatnám | kutathatnád | kutathatná | kutathatnánk (or kutathatnók) |
kutathatnátok | kutathatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutathatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kutathatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kutathassak | kutathass or kutathassál |
kutathasson | kutathassunk | kutathassatok | kutathassanak | |
Def. | kutathassam | kutathasd or kutathassad |
kutathassa | kutathassuk | kutathassátok | kutathassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | kutathassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kutathatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (kutathatni) | (kutathatnom) | (kutathatnod) | (kutathatnia) | (kutathatnunk) | (kutathatnotok) | (kutathatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | kutatható | Neg. adj. | kutathatatlan | Adv. part. | (kutathatva / kutathatván) | ||||
Derived terms
edit(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2
editkút (“well”) + -at (accusative suffix)
Noun
editkutat
- accusative singular of kút
- kutat ás ― to dig a well
References
edit- ^ kutat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
edit- kutat 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
Swedish
editVerb
editkutat
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒt
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒt/2 syllables
- Hungarian verbs suffixed with -tat
- Hungarian onomatopoeias
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian verbs
- Hungarian transitive verbs
- Hungarian verbs taking után
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian noun forms
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- Hungarian terms with lemma and non-lemma form etymologies
- Hungarian terms with verb and noun form etymologies
- Swedish non-lemma forms
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