ríkat

See also: rikat and říkat

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as (to cry, weep; to howl, roar, bellow) + -at (causative suffix). For the inserted -k-, compare rikácsol (to screech, shriek) and rikolt (to squawk, cry out).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈriːkɒt]
  • Hyphenation: rí‧kat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

ríkat

  1. (transitive) to make someone cry (weep)
    Antonym: nevettet (to make someone laugh)

Usage notes

The more usual verb that means “to cry, weep” (sír) cannot be used with a causative suffix to express the above sense, as sirat actually means “to weep, mourn for/over someone or something”.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ríkatás
  • ríkatható

(With verbal prefixes):

  • megríkat

References

  1.  in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

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