-öszt

See also: oszt

Hungarian

Etymology

From -sz (“frequentative suffix”) + -t (“causative suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [øst]

Suffix

-öszt

  1. (causative suffix) Added to a verb or a stem to form a transitive verb.
    fürdik (“to bathe oneself”) → füröszt (“to bathe someone”)

Usage notes
  • (causative suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -aszt is added to back vowel words
    -eszt is added to unrounded front vowel words
    -öszt is added to rounded front vowel words

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-%C3%B6szt' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -öszt'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -öszt</a>

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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