behat

behat

See also: behať and běhat

English

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Verb

behat (third-person singular simple present behats, present participle behatting, simple past and past participle behatted)

1. (rare, transitive) To place a hat upon (someone's head).

Anagrams

• bathe, beath

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Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɦɒt]
• Hyphenation: be‧hat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

behat

1. (intransitive, archaic) to penetrate, enter

   Synonyms: behatol, bemegy, belép, bejut, beér

2. (intransitive, archaic) to affect, influence, impinge, act on, bear on (-ba/-be)

   Synonyms: hat, kihat, hatással van, érint, befolyásol

Conjugation

conjugation of behat

			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.	behatok	behatsz	behat	behatunk	behattok	behatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	behatottam	behatottál	behatott	behatottunk	behatottatok	behatottak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	behatnék	behatnál	behatna	behatnánk	behatnátok	behatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	behassak	behass or behassál	behasson	behassunk	behassatok	behassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	behatni		behatnom	behatnod	behatnia	behatnunk	behatnotok	behatniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			behatás	beható	behatott	―	behatva	behathat

Further reading

• behat 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
• behat 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)

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Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ hāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxɑːt/, [beˈhɑːt]

Noun

behāt n

1. promise

Usage notes

The Late West Saxon of Ælfric used this word for "a promise," while the Early West Saxon of King Alfred used ġehāt instead.

Declension

Declension of behat (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	behāt	behāt
accusative	behāt	behāt
genitive	behātes	behāta
dative	behāte	behātum

References

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