Czech

Suffix

-at

1. A common ending for many infinitive verbs in Czech

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin -ātum, whence also English -ate, and the inherited French doublet -é.^[1]

Suffix

-at

1. -at usually denotes an action or a result of an action, like in assassinat ‎(“assassination”)

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ é-; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒt]

Suffix

-at

1. Added to a back vowel verb to form a noun.

   mond ‎(“to say”) → mondat ‎(“sentence”)

2. Added to an occupation ending in -ász to form a collective noun.

   fogász ‎(“dentist”) → fogászat ‎(“dentistry”)

3. (accusative suffix) Used to form the accusative case.

   ház ‎(“house”) → Vettem egy házat. - I bought a house.

4. (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.

   zár ‎(“to close”) → zárat ‎(“to make someone close something”)

Usage notes

• (accusative suffix): It can be added to nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns. Whether a suffix-initial vowel (linking vowel) will be used is hard to predict and thus needs to be learned with each word. A rule of thumb, however, is that older and shorter words tend to incorporate a vowel, rather than simply use -t. Variants:

  -t is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final -o in foreign words changes to -ó-.

  -ot is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -at is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -et is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -öt is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

• (causative suffix) Variants:

  -at is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  vár ‎(“to wait”) → várat ‎(“to have someone wait”)

  -et is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  kér ‎(“to ask for”) → kéret ‎(“to have someone ask for”)

  -tat is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  tisztít ‎(“to clean”) → tisztíttat ‎(“to have someone clean”)

  -tet is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  keres ‎(“to look for”) → kerestet ‎(“to have someone look for”)

Derived terms

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /at/

Suffix

-at

1. third-person singular present active indicative of -ō

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *-ëŋkë.

Suffix

-at

1. Forms adjectives indicating something that is possessed as a characteristic.

   guhkes juolgi ‎(“long leg”) + ‎-at → ‎guhkesjuolggat ‎(“long-legged”)

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *-ëtē, from Proto-Uralic *-eta. Related to Finnish -ea/-eä.

Suffixes

-at

1. Forms adjectives from stems, without any particular meaning. Often, the more basic stem is an adverb, the adjective's own attributive form, or has fallen out of use altogether.

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Suffix

-at

1. Form of the suffix -a used with odd-syllable stems.

Inflection

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.

Suffix

-at m, n ‎(feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați, feminine and neuter plural -ate)

1. Used with a stem to form the masculine singular past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs.

   arunca ‎(“to throw”) + ‎-at → ‎aruncat ‎(“thrown”)

   cânta ‎(“to sing”) + ‎-at → ‎cântat ‎(“to sung”)

Declension

Related terms

• -it

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German -at, first from direct loanwords, and later becoming productive on its own.

Suffix

-at ‎(Cyrillic spelling -ат)

1. Used on nominal and verbal stems of loanwords, rarely of native words, to build nouns of various meanings.
   1. Denoting a person.

      adrèsa → adrèsāt

      ȗnija → unìjat

      Ȃzija → Azìjat

      Mìja → Mìjat

      delegácija → delègāt

      kandidírati → kandìdāt

   2. Denoting a room, building or field.

      dèkān → dekànāt

      ekònom → ekonòmāt

      kàlīf → kalìfāt

      konzul → konzùlāt

      màršāl → maršalat

      pròtektor → protektòrāt

      rȅktor → rektòrāt

   3. Denoting an honor or service.

      dȍktor → doktòrāt

      đȁkon → đakònāt

      lȅktor → lektòrāt

      pàtrōn → patrònāt

      nàdbiskup → nadbiskùpāt

   4. Denoting collectivity.

      èpiskop → episkòpāt

      làik → laìkāt

      pàtrīcīj → patricìjāt

   5. Denoting things.

      bikarbóna → bikarbònāt

      jod → jòdāt

      separirati → sepàrāt

   6. Denoting abstract notions.

      citírati → cìtāt

      diktírati → dìktāt

      hìstōrija → historìjāt

Derived terms

References

• Stjepan Babić (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, HAZU: Zagreb, page 358

Volapük

Suffix

-at

1. Used to indicate an amount

Derived terms