beavat
Hungarian
Etymology
be- + avat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛɒvɒt]
- Hyphenation: be‧avat
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Verb
beavat
- (transitive) to inaugurate (to induct into office with a formal ceremony)
- Synonym: beiktat
- (transitive) to let in on (on something: -ba/-be) (to disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information)
- Beavattak a titokba. ― They let me in on the secret.
- (transitive, of clothing) to preshrink (to shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit)
Conjugation
conjugation of beavat
| 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. | beavatok | beavatsz | beavat | beavatunk | beavattok | beavatnak |
| Def. | beavatom | beavatod | beavatja | beavatjuk | beavatjátok | beavatják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beavatlak | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | beavattam | beavattál | beavatott | beavattunk | beavattatok | beavattak | |
| Def. | beavattam | beavattad | beavatta | beavattuk | beavattátok | beavatták | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beavattalak | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | beavatnék | beavatnál | beavatna | beavatnánk | beavatnátok | beavatnának |
| Def. | beavatnám | beavatnád | beavatná | beavatnánk (or beavatnók) | beavatnátok | beavatnák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beavatnálak | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | beavassak | beavass or beavassál | beavasson | beavassunk | beavassatok | beavassanak |
| Def. | beavassam | beavasd or beavassad | beavassa | beavassuk | beavassátok | beavassák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | beavassalak | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | beavatni | beavatnom | beavatnod | beavatnia | beavatnunk | beavatnotok | beavatniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| beavatás | beavató | beavatott | beavatandó | beavatva | beavathat | |||
Derived terms
- beavatás
- beavatott
Further reading
- beavat 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
- beavat 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)