magát

See also: magat, Magat, MAGAt, and MAGAT

Hungarian

Etymology

maga +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡaːt]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gát

Pronoun

magát

  1. accusative singular of maga (“oneself”): oneself (as the direct object of a verb)
    kizárja magát ― to lock oneself out
    összeszedi magát ― to pull oneself together
    megadja magát ― to surrender (not reflexive in English)
    érzi magát ― to feel (weel/unwell/etc.; not reflexive in English)

Usage notes

  • When the reflexive pronoun is the object of a verb, it is considered definite, so it takes the definite forms of the verb (such as kizárja instead of kizár and összeszedi instead of összeszed in the examples above, for back- and front-vowel verbs, respectively).
  • Similarly to English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, etc., the form of magát changes with each person; see the declension table below.

Declension

As usual with possessive-suffixed forms, the word-final accusative suffix can be omitted in the first- and second-person singular. (In the plural, such an omission is less common, considered as folksy.)

Possessive forms of magát
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. magam(at) —
2nd person sing. magad(at) —
3rd person sing. magát —
1st person plural magunkat —
2nd person plural magatokat —
3rd person plural magukat —

Derived terms

  • Category:Hungarian verbs used reflexively with magát
Expressions

Pronoun

magát

  1. accusative singular of maga (“you”, formal, singular): you (as the direct object of a verb)
    Magát kerestem. ― I've been looking for you.

Coordinate terms

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Expressions

Further reading

  • Expressions with “magát” in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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