hatan

See also: hatán, hátán, and hat an

Gothic

Romanization

hatan

Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽

Hungarian

**Hungarian numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: hat Nominal: hatos Ordinal: hatodik Day of month: hatodika A.o.: hatodszor, hatodjára Adverbial: hatszor Multiplier: hatszoros Distributive: hatosával Collective: mind a hat Fractional: hatod Number of people: hatan

Etymology

hat +‎ -an (adverb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɒtɒn]
Hyphenation: ha‧tan
Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

hatan (not comparable)

the six of us/you/them
Hatan vagyunk a csoportban. ― There are six of us in the group. (literally, “We are of six…”)
Az osztályunkban hatan vannak vegetáriánusok. ― There are six [of the] vegetarians in our class.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan (“to command, name”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian hēta, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Old Norse heita (Swedish heta), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κίειν (kíein, “put in motion”), Latin ciēre (“rouse, make active”) and Albanian cys (“to spur, set in motion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.tɑn/, [ˈhɑː.tɑn]

Verb

hātan

to call, name
to order, command
- c. 897, inscription on the Alfred Jewel
  Ælfrēd mec hēht ġewyrċan.
  Alfred ordered me made.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hātan (strong class 7)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	hātan	hātenne
first person singular	hāte	hēt, hēht
second person singular	hǣtst	hēte, hēhte
third person singular	hǣtt, hǣt	hēt, hēht
plural	hātaþ	hēton, hēhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hāte	hēte, hēhte
plural	hāten	hēten, hēhten
imperative
singular	hāt
plural	hātaþ
participle	present	past
	hātende	(ġe)hāten

This verb has a special passive present form, which is attested as hātte in the singular and hātton in the plural. The second person singular is not attested in this form, but is thought to be *hāttest. This passive form was used to give a person's name, functioning like German heißen, with which it is cognate.

For the past tense, the usual strategies for expressing the passive were used: iċ wæs ġehāten, etc.

Derived terms

āhātan (“to call, name”)
behātan (“to promise”)
forhātan (“to renounce”)
ġehātan (“to promise”)
onhātan (“to promise”)

Related terms

andettan (“to confess, acknowledge”)
behǣs (“a self behest, a self command”)
behāt (“a promise, oath”)
behātland (“the promised land”)
forhātena (“an ill-named person, scoundrel”)
ġehāt (“a promise, oath”)
ġehātland (“the promised land”)
hǣs (“a command, hest, or behest”)
hāt (“a promise, oath”)
hāte (“a bidding, calling, invitation”)
nīedhǣs (“a command under compulsion”)
wīnhāte (“a feast, party”)

Descendants

Middle English: hoten, hoaten, haten
- English: hote, hight
- Scots: hate, hait

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hatan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.