itat

See also: -itat, -itât, and -ität

Hungarian

Etymology

From iszik (to drink) + -at (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈitɒt]
  • Hyphenation: itat

Verb

itat

  1. (transitive, of human) to help someone drink
  2. (transitive, of human) to get drunk (to make someone drunk, to forcibly offer alcoholic drink to someone)
    Synonyms: leitat, lerészegít
  3. (transitive, of animals) to water, to provide with water
  4. (transitive, of a drink, usually alcohol) to make someone to drink more because of it's pleasing taste (followed by the reflexive pronoun magát)
    Ez a bor itatja magát.This wine is very drinkable/palatable.
  5. (transitive, of liquid) to blot (to dry spilled liquid with an absorbent cloth)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • itatás
  • itatgat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átitat
  • felitat
  • leitat
  • megitat

(Expressions):

References

  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
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