alkot
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same alk- stem as alkuszik (“to bargain”) + -t (instantaneous suffix).[1] The original stem is probably related to Hungarian alkalom (“opportunity”) and alku (“deal”), and it may also be related to Hungarian olt (“to vaccinate”), which may derive from Proto-Uralic *alɜ- (“to add/fasten to something, fit”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlkot]
- Hyphenation: al‧kot
- Rhymes: -ot
Verb
alkot
- (transitive) to create (especially something creative, imaginative, and originative)
- Synonyms: készít, csinál, létrehoz, képez, kialakít
- (transitive) to make, make up, form, compose, constitute
- Synonyms: kitesz, (the latter with -ból/-ből for the constituents) áll
Conjugation
conjugation of alkot
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | alkotok | alkotsz | alkot | alkotunk | alkottok | alkotnak |
| Def. | alkotom | alkotod | alkotja | alkotjuk | alkotjátok | alkotják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | alkotlak | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | alkottam | alkottál | alkotott | alkottunk | alkottatok | alkottak | |
| Def. | alkottam | alkottad | alkotta | alkottuk | alkottátok | alkották | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | alkottalak | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | alkotnék | alkotnál | alkotna | alkotnánk | alkotnátok | alkotnának |
| Def. | alkotnám | alkotnád | alkotná | alkotnánk (or alkotnók) | alkotnátok | alkotnák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | alkotnálak | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | alkossak | alkoss or alkossál | alkosson | alkossunk | alkossatok | alkossanak |
| Def. | alkossam | alkosd or alkossad | alkossa | alkossuk | alkossátok | alkossák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | alkossalak | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | alkotni | alkotnom | alkotnod | alkotnia | alkotnunk | alkotnotok | alkotniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| alkotás | alkotó | alkotott | alkotandó | alkotva | alkothat | |||
Derived terms
- alkotás
- alkotható
- alkotmány
- alkotó
(With verbal prefixes):
- megalkot
- újjáalkot
- újraalkot
References
- alkot in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- Entry #1721 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
Further reading
- alkot 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
- alkot in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)