See also: áltat and ältat

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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altat

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • 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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).